I'm not sure why it is so damn hard for the press to call out the lies and get off Trumps d*ck? If this were anyone else, let's say uh....oh yeah Hillary they would be so quick to call her out along with her supporters. This is just disgusting how they are so weak and are failing at their job daily. Thank you Eric for calling it as it is. Shame on the press that continue down this path of weakness.
The Trump era has been such an eyeopener for me, honestly.
Oftentimes I wondered how some of the worst humanity atrocities in the past could’ve happened, and seeing how his supporters behave, think, and talk says it all.
They don’t deserve any sympathy. We should tell the truth about how their mentality puts our democracy in danger.
Jennifer Rubin has a column in today’s WaPo titled “ It’s time to understand the Biden voter”. She begins by saying “ Coverage that seeks to coddle, soothe and ultimately infantilize President Trump’s voters has pervaded post-election media. ......... instead, perhaps it is time to understand the 80 million voters who chose President-elect Joe Biden. In understanding who they are and what their motivations might be, we might wind up casting some of the most disappointed Trump voters — his “Make America Great Again” hard-liners — in a more realistic light.”
It’s about time someone wrote about the people who voted for Biden. Too bad no one bothered to make that point about the majority of Americans who voted for Hillary. We should not lose sight of the fact that these sane, decent people represent the majority of American voters and they should be getting the majority of the media attention.
Trump supporters remind me of the Tea Party movement. There is an orthodoxy that they espouse like a childish yet sadistic religion. Like the aforementioned Tea Partiers, they have forced their way into the Republican Party and taken it over. The only "truth" they adhere to boils down to their own winning and losing. If they win, it's fair, if not, it's fraudulent. That's it. Right now, a lot of Republicans go along to get along. Eventually, the delusional and loyal Trumpists will be the only people who can get elected as Republicans.
Factual reporting is the citizen's tool, without which the assertion of rights can flourish without acknowledgement of responsibility. Laziness isn't exclusive to Trumpists, but they sure wear it well. The press needs to step up like a teacher justifying a failing grade to a coddling parent's tantrum.
When I heard that Tapper interview, I was startled by the way he could abstract the Trump Voters into being innocent naifs while at the same time recognizing that the positions that they hold are reprehensible.
That they are being lied to is immaterial to the racist, misogeny, homo- and transphobia they spout, often with violent rhetoric. And no, I do not want to try to find common ground with them, and I sure as hell don’t want to try to “win” them back into my party.
Thank you, Eric, for so stating the situation clearly and concisely. Even a cursory review of US politics shows that"moving on for the good of the country" will only result in Republicans and fascists concluding that there will be no penalty for their actions. Of course big "C" Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed. So every four to eight years we are subjected to new and improved, bigger and better, crueler and more belligerently ignorant Republicans. The LAST thing that should be done, if it should be done at all, is let any and all who supported, enabled, assisted,and yes voted for, the Dollar Tree Caligula off the hook.
I think it might be fare to say that Jake and the media feel sorry for Trump voters because they lack the capacity of critical thinking. It might be fare to say that they feel sorry for the Trump voters that grew up never learning empathy toward their neighbor. I think it might be fare to say they feel sorry for the Trump voter that only knows hate in the their heart of have never evolved emotionally past a nine year old. There are a lot of things they can feel sorry about but they should never excuse the words and actions of the Trump voter. Is the press going to feel sorry for a Trump voter that takes it a step too far and hurts or even kills someone they simply don't agree with or that voted for Biden? Does the press really want to be on that side of the argument? As a liberal I'm tired of being made to feel like I must be concerned for the feelings of illiterate racist people who shit all over our democracy, who have no clue as to how our three branches of government work, who would prefer to be under the rule of a dictator and have no concept of its consequences. It's infuriating how the press constantly dotes on these peoples' opinions and their feelings about how sad they are that their guy lost. Many of these folks say they don't care if Obamacare is overturned because after all, they are covered under the ACA. I rest my case. The press needs to stop protecting stupid and raise the bar by interviewing people that are ecstatic about Biden's win.
When is anyone going to hold Trump supporters responsible for what they believe? Is it enough in a democracy to just take everything a politician says at face value? Or does each citizen/voter have a societal duty to determine the truth before determining what they believe? And that doesn't even address the most outrageous lies, the ones that are so outlandish that a listen should immediately suspect it is not true. Let's add the fact that Trump was documented to have told 30,000 lies over his years. Should that not make everything he says suspect? Just because many Trump supporters are gullible doesn't mean we should cut them any slack as fellow citizens in a democracy. They can use the Internet to research facts, too. Now, many of them need instruction in information literacy. But there are even free course available online that teach how to evaluate news sources for credibility. Many of those folks don't even realize they have a problem with their sources, though. With all of the frequent invocations of "fake news", I've seen very little information or attention paid to increasing information literacy among the public. I think the "sympathy" problem has deeper roots.
When is anyone going to hold Trump supporters responsible for what they believe? Is it enough in a democracy to just take everything a politician says at face value? Or does each citizen/voter have a societal duty to determine the truth before determining what they believe? And that doesn't even address the most outrageous lies, the ones that are so outlandish that a listen should immediately suspect it is not true. Let's add the fact that Trump was documented to have told 30,000 lies over his years. Should that not make everything he says suspect? Just because many Trump supporters are gullible doesn't mean we should cut them any slack as fellow citizens in a democracy. They can use the Internet to research facts, too. Now, many of them need instruction in information literacy. But there are even free course available online that teach how to evaluate news sources for credibility. Many of those folks don't even realize they have a problem with their sources, though. With all of the frequent invocations of "fake news", I've seen very little information or attention paid to increasing information literacy among the public. I think the "sympathy" problem has deeper roots.
I do want to say that Jake Tapper has been one of the half a dozen or so people at CNN who have distinguished themselves in their coverage in the past four years, so he may have been less clear than he wanted to be. But he did indeed hit on a favorite media trope about the need to "understand" them. They're very understandable. Either they are bigoted misogynists or they don't care about bigotry or misogyny, which makes them only infinitesimally better than bigoted misogynists.
I'm not sure why it is so damn hard for the press to call out the lies and get off Trumps d*ck? If this were anyone else, let's say uh....oh yeah Hillary they would be so quick to call her out along with her supporters. This is just disgusting how they are so weak and are failing at their job daily. Thank you Eric for calling it as it is. Shame on the press that continue down this path of weakness.
The Trump era has been such an eyeopener for me, honestly.
Oftentimes I wondered how some of the worst humanity atrocities in the past could’ve happened, and seeing how his supporters behave, think, and talk says it all.
They don’t deserve any sympathy. We should tell the truth about how their mentality puts our democracy in danger.
Jennifer Rubin has a column in today’s WaPo titled “ It’s time to understand the Biden voter”. She begins by saying “ Coverage that seeks to coddle, soothe and ultimately infantilize President Trump’s voters has pervaded post-election media. ......... instead, perhaps it is time to understand the 80 million voters who chose President-elect Joe Biden. In understanding who they are and what their motivations might be, we might wind up casting some of the most disappointed Trump voters — his “Make America Great Again” hard-liners — in a more realistic light.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/30/time-understand-biden-voter/
It’s about time someone wrote about the people who voted for Biden. Too bad no one bothered to make that point about the majority of Americans who voted for Hillary. We should not lose sight of the fact that these sane, decent people represent the majority of American voters and they should be getting the majority of the media attention.
Trump supporters remind me of the Tea Party movement. There is an orthodoxy that they espouse like a childish yet sadistic religion. Like the aforementioned Tea Partiers, they have forced their way into the Republican Party and taken it over. The only "truth" they adhere to boils down to their own winning and losing. If they win, it's fair, if not, it's fraudulent. That's it. Right now, a lot of Republicans go along to get along. Eventually, the delusional and loyal Trumpists will be the only people who can get elected as Republicans.
This column made me eager to subscribe and I did! I am retired Texas journalist.
Factual reporting is the citizen's tool, without which the assertion of rights can flourish without acknowledgement of responsibility. Laziness isn't exclusive to Trumpists, but they sure wear it well. The press needs to step up like a teacher justifying a failing grade to a coddling parent's tantrum.
When I heard that Tapper interview, I was startled by the way he could abstract the Trump Voters into being innocent naifs while at the same time recognizing that the positions that they hold are reprehensible.
That they are being lied to is immaterial to the racist, misogeny, homo- and transphobia they spout, often with violent rhetoric. And no, I do not want to try to find common ground with them, and I sure as hell don’t want to try to “win” them back into my party.
Thank you, Eric, for so stating the situation clearly and concisely. Even a cursory review of US politics shows that"moving on for the good of the country" will only result in Republicans and fascists concluding that there will be no penalty for their actions. Of course big "C" Conservatism cannot fail, it can only be failed. So every four to eight years we are subjected to new and improved, bigger and better, crueler and more belligerently ignorant Republicans. The LAST thing that should be done, if it should be done at all, is let any and all who supported, enabled, assisted,and yes voted for, the Dollar Tree Caligula off the hook.
I think it might be fare to say that Jake and the media feel sorry for Trump voters because they lack the capacity of critical thinking. It might be fare to say that they feel sorry for the Trump voters that grew up never learning empathy toward their neighbor. I think it might be fare to say they feel sorry for the Trump voter that only knows hate in the their heart of have never evolved emotionally past a nine year old. There are a lot of things they can feel sorry about but they should never excuse the words and actions of the Trump voter. Is the press going to feel sorry for a Trump voter that takes it a step too far and hurts or even kills someone they simply don't agree with or that voted for Biden? Does the press really want to be on that side of the argument? As a liberal I'm tired of being made to feel like I must be concerned for the feelings of illiterate racist people who shit all over our democracy, who have no clue as to how our three branches of government work, who would prefer to be under the rule of a dictator and have no concept of its consequences. It's infuriating how the press constantly dotes on these peoples' opinions and their feelings about how sad they are that their guy lost. Many of these folks say they don't care if Obamacare is overturned because after all, they are covered under the ACA. I rest my case. The press needs to stop protecting stupid and raise the bar by interviewing people that are ecstatic about Biden's win.
When is anyone going to hold Trump supporters responsible for what they believe? Is it enough in a democracy to just take everything a politician says at face value? Or does each citizen/voter have a societal duty to determine the truth before determining what they believe? And that doesn't even address the most outrageous lies, the ones that are so outlandish that a listen should immediately suspect it is not true. Let's add the fact that Trump was documented to have told 30,000 lies over his years. Should that not make everything he says suspect? Just because many Trump supporters are gullible doesn't mean we should cut them any slack as fellow citizens in a democracy. They can use the Internet to research facts, too. Now, many of them need instruction in information literacy. But there are even free course available online that teach how to evaluate news sources for credibility. Many of those folks don't even realize they have a problem with their sources, though. With all of the frequent invocations of "fake news", I've seen very little information or attention paid to increasing information literacy among the public. I think the "sympathy" problem has deeper roots.
When is anyone going to hold Trump supporters responsible for what they believe? Is it enough in a democracy to just take everything a politician says at face value? Or does each citizen/voter have a societal duty to determine the truth before determining what they believe? And that doesn't even address the most outrageous lies, the ones that are so outlandish that a listen should immediately suspect it is not true. Let's add the fact that Trump was documented to have told 30,000 lies over his years. Should that not make everything he says suspect? Just because many Trump supporters are gullible doesn't mean we should cut them any slack as fellow citizens in a democracy. They can use the Internet to research facts, too. Now, many of them need instruction in information literacy. But there are even free course available online that teach how to evaluate news sources for credibility. Many of those folks don't even realize they have a problem with their sources, though. With all of the frequent invocations of "fake news", I've seen very little information or attention paid to increasing information literacy among the public. I think the "sympathy" problem has deeper roots.
I do want to say that Jake Tapper has been one of the half a dozen or so people at CNN who have distinguished themselves in their coverage in the past four years, so he may have been less clear than he wanted to be. But he did indeed hit on a favorite media trope about the need to "understand" them. They're very understandable. Either they are bigoted misogynists or they don't care about bigotry or misogyny, which makes them only infinitesimally better than bigoted misogynists.