If American voters lack so much civic virtue that they see their neighbors being hauled out of their communities by masked thugs led by a Putin loving pedophile racist who just took away their health care for tax cuts to his rich billionaire buddies and says utter nonsense everyday, then it really doesn’t matter what the Democrats do or say.
The country is ****ed if we can’t see beyond our own noses. There’s such a thing as civic virtue. Rejecting Trump isn’t just a policy issue, it’s a moral issue. And if Americans lack the morality to reject the evil that republicans are doing… then what can the Democrats do to change that? There’s no persuasion in attempting to instill morals and values in the immoral and valueless.
In my admittedly over emotional affected opinion, both Democrats, and just as important, the media, need to be urging the American people to overthrow the government. Ridiculous? Well, yeah, that would be quite the change of pace, lol. But, like Edward R Murrow in the 1950’s and the “Red scare”, the time is long past for all of the major news networks to broadcast this message to their viewers: “Donald Trump is attempting to establish a fascist totalitarian state in the United States. And we must remove him from our body politic. Trump is a cancer in our society”. Will it trigger Trump and MAGA? Of course, it will be quite the scene. But we might as well bring it to a head, because it’s not ending, and we should, by now, be sick and tired of seeing a fascist takeover of our government presented as “nightly news entertainment”. Carefully presenting “both sides-ism”, guaranteed to accomplish nothing whatsoever.
I do know all hell will break loose if Trump and MAGA have to confront mainstream outlets insisting Trump is a fascist totalitarian, and therefore, the most anti-American president ever. And saying as much every single day. But our polarized state is not ending by playing nice toward fascism!
Yes, cable news does provide some of that political bias. MSNBC tells it like it is. But, so what? Fox and Newmax present their versions of reality, and in theirs, Obama is hung for treason. What we need is our media urging us to reject and find someway to defeat the arrival of fascism in the United States. The major networks are not doing so. Spell it out already. We are in a civil war, or a conservative revolution, which, as the creator of Project 2025 said “will be non violent, if the liberals allow it”. All networks should be urging the removal of Trump from office. Spell it out! We are not going to avoid going though this. So, bring it on! Just admit we are in the midst of an existential crisis, and that Donald Trump is America’s, and America’s higher angels and values, enemy #1. Call him what he is: a man who would bring the entire country to its knees to retain power, a man who would attack and destroy whatever higher angels of our human nature we ever nurtured, and elevate our darker angels, create a nation known for cruelty, not a nation known for promoting human freedom.
Don’t let a nightly news broadcast pass without reminding viewers who and what Trump is, and what he represents. Bring it on. Throw every spotlight you have on the reality of our situation. We are so polarized as to be living in two mutually exclusive realities. Trump created an alternate universe, and we should all be sick and tired at seeing it presented as an option! It ain’t an option! It’s fascist totalitarianism, no doubt eventually fully endorsed by the SCOTUS. The news presents MAGA’s view as if it were an actual option moving forward.
(BTW, I do know this will affect mainstream media $$$, making my suggestion unrealistic, money first, country an afterthought when it’s $$ involved. Capitulation, which we’ve seen from media, universities, law firms, is a thing. Sadly of course. But that’s capitalism for you, and one big reason why “the people” need to be in the streets more. Need to be marching on Washington more. If Democratic leadership is rudderless, if the mainstream networks love “both sides-ism”, then we the people need to take up the slack and take to the streets. Get in the way of ICE at every opportunity.)
Enough with both sides-ism. The media is supposed to be a watchdog, not an equal opportunity story teller! And yes, every Democratic leader needs to join the fight. It’s a war. We can’t deny that reality forever, while every plank of Project 2025 is shoved down our throats.
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