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We must be honest about this:
We've endured yrs of escalating polarization and political violence. Full Stop.
Past 4 Years: Mass shootings targeting lawmakers. Scores dead amid waves of mass demonstrations + riots. Municipal bldgs torched. Fed outposts under months-long siege... https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1347175493443989504
We've endured yrs of escalating polarization and political violence. Full Stop.
Past 4 Years: Mass shootings targeting lawmakers. Scores dead amid waves of mass demonstrations + riots. Municipal bldgs torched. Fed outposts under months-long siege... https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1347175493443989504
Appropriate to highlight Trump's degeneracy, but it mustn't come at the expense of acknowledging the dangerous context we need to be grappling with.
"Escalating crescendo" is redundant, confusing, and misleading. How can anyone be confident we're on the other side of ALL THIS!?
"Escalating crescendo" is redundant, confusing, and misleading. How can anyone be confident we're on the other side of ALL THIS!?
I'm afraid I see myopia + euphemism debasing media coverage in systematic ways.
Highlighting the virtue or deviance of different actors engaged in political violence. Taking great pains to frame one circumstance as 'mostly peaceful,' offering sweeping denunciations in another.
Highlighting the virtue or deviance of different actors engaged in political violence. Taking great pains to frame one circumstance as 'mostly peaceful,' offering sweeping denunciations in another.
Something is dreadfully wrong with this situation. I hope things improve, and quickly, but I'm increasingly nervous about what comes next.
