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Conservatives are blaming the mainstream press for not covering Hunter Biden enough, even though Rudy Giuliani wouldn't let MSM reporters have access to the files he had.
It's like the national GOP blaming PA for counting mailed ballots late because of choices made by the PA GOP
It's like the national GOP blaming PA for counting mailed ballots late because of choices made by the PA GOP
This sort of broken brain thinking is why there literally are scores of journalists who began their careers at right wing outlets but eventually leave. It's not because they "sold out," it's because they followed the facts.
Any conservative writer could report and verify what I'm saying but they never do. That's bc for all their complaints about the media, conservatives are just whiners.
They think people they believe are liberals should be producing conservative propaganda. Why would they ever?
They think people they believe are liberals should be producing conservative propaganda. Why would they ever?
I spent years talking to conservatives about journalistic standards.
If you want to be credible in criticizing the media, I said, then you have to be more honest, more fair, and smarter than them.
But my advice fell on deaf ears. It was a lot easier to whine than to be better.
If you want to be credible in criticizing the media, I said, then you have to be more honest, more fair, and smarter than them.
But my advice fell on deaf ears. It was a lot easier to whine than to be better.
I tried making these critiques out of public view since no one wants their dirty laundry aired in public but my pleas were ignored. Now that I've gone public, I've lost tons of former colleagues who once followed me on Twitter.
They never debate, they just unfollow.
They never debate, they just unfollow.
It's important for those outside the right to understand that many people follow Trump because of faulty cognitive processes that deliberately and subconsciously avoid inconvenient truths.
When you believe falsehoods, protecting them becomes part of your identity.
When you believe falsehoods, protecting them becomes part of your identity.
For most Americans on the right, this process originates w/a fundamentalist worldview that tells them they are God's servants.
It's uncomfortable for many liberal or moderate people to see this since we're taught to respect others religions. We should, but not when it's toxic.
It's uncomfortable for many liberal or moderate people to see this since we're taught to respect others religions. We should, but not when it's toxic.
This viewpoint is literally the core motivation of so many GOP activists. And it's why they will excuse and accept any of Trump's lies.
He stands for Christians so his actions are justified, no matter how dangerous or terrible they are.
He stands for Christians so his actions are justified, no matter how dangerous or terrible they are.
Kayleigh McEnany is a perfect example of this. She's repeatedly said since becoming press secretary that God put her there "for such a time as this." That's a Bible quote from the Bible story of Queen Esther saving her people from genocide.
If you doubt me, please watch this recent Fox News interview she did where you can see her religious fanaticism on full display.
This is a must-watch if you don't understand what I'm saying https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-operators-white-house-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany
This is a must-watch if you don't understand what I'm saying https://www.foxnews.com/politics/the-operators-white-house-press-secretary-kayleigh-mcenany
This mentality is extremely commonplace among elite conservatives. They literally think they are God's instruments. Mike Pence believes this, Mark Meadows does, lots of Fox News anchors do.
None of them seems to ever consider that Democrats might see themselves this way, too.
None of them seems to ever consider that Democrats might see themselves this way, too.
This mentality is not rational, needless to say, but it's why the voice of liberal and moderate Christians who respect pluralism and secular people is so important right now.
They know all the same verses but they are humble enough to admit that humans can't know God's thoughts.
They know all the same verses but they are humble enough to admit that humans can't know God's thoughts.
The voices of former fundamentalists are important here as well. I don't think I'm being biased when I say that we also know the verses, and we see them differently as well.
America needs more conversations about faith and about those who are post-faith.
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America needs more conversations about faith and about those who are post-faith.
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PS: This article about Kayleigh McEnany by a former college prof is worth a read if you want to explore Christian supremacist thinking further.
She isn't faking these beliefs, she's had them for decades https://newrepublic.com/article/158042/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-christian-martyrdom-columbine
She isn't faking these beliefs, she's had them for decades https://newrepublic.com/article/158042/kayleigh-mcenany-trump-christian-martyrdom-columbine
PPS: The natural outgrowth of believing you are God's servant is that any of your ideas, no matter how vile are true. McEnany's favorite Bible verse has another GOP fan as well, one who's an open white nationalist https://twitter.com/mattsheffield/status/1337456206781222913?s=20
