OT: American Politics

[mbow30]

not really...it's like reading about the 37th dude who ran a marathon in less than 4hrs

Yeah, but that’s the point. You’re comparing kids dying to running a marathon.

 

[hockeylover]

 

[CH1]

Yeah, but that’s the point. You’re comparing kids dying to running a marathon.

The right wing hegemony in the US decided it was a part of the trade off for maintaining the 2nd amendment.

I disagree strongly but I don’t have a say

 

[hockeylover]

120,000 people (almost 70%) voted for a dude today that admits to holding a gun to his wife’s head but he doesn’t remember it because he has multiple personalities.

 

[mbow30]

The right wing hegemony in the US decided it was a part of the trade off for maintaining the 2nd amendment.

I disagree strongly but I don’t have a say

The media acquiescence to the fact that attention spans are short is also a problem

 

[zeke]

Literally every one a 2020 election denier that tried to send their own electors.

 

[CH1]

The media acquiescence to the fact that attention spans are short is also a problem

there are enough long form documentaries, 30 min shows, and two minute segments (not to mention billions of web pages) on the topic

 

[zeke]

 

[hockeylover]

 

[Volcanologist]

please tell me Walker will engage in debates, because that would be must see TV as they say.

 

[hockeylover]

 

[Volcanologist]

 

[zeke]

 

[SundinsTooth]

You know how pro-lifers walk around with signs depicting aborted fetuses?

I think that it's time to start publishing pictures from these crime scenes on front pages.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Actually the mainstream media always pixilates or blurs the gory stuff. The only way to really see what's happening in the Ukraine is to watch social media for unfiltered footage.

And yes, those visceral images are what turned public opinion against the war in Vietnam which is why the US military made sure in future wars (like the Gulf War) that journalists were "embedded" so that their film footage could be vetted and so that the journalists themselves could be on a shorter leash.

Most network news affiliates have standing policies regarding the showing of graphic images. A lot of these local stations are owned by far right assholes (remember that crap that Sinclair Broadcast Group made all of their on-air talent at all their stations parrot about media bias and "fairness" when Trump was at his worst?) You aren't going to see images of dead kids because the people who own these local stations won't allow it. It goes against their chosen narrative.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Erick Estrada? Ponch?

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Country might just be a lost cause.

Definitely. America officially became a failed state the minute Trump took the oath of office. It's never going to be able to get back from that. It will just keep drifting closer and closer to autocracy.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Well that's a new one.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I did my yearly, company-mandated active shooter training just last week. The procedure is to first try to flee the building. If that isn't an option the next thing to do is hide. If all else fails, you're instructed to fight like your life depends on it because it does.

I don't recall this type of employee training prior to a couple of years ago and certainly it was not something we ever discussed when I was in elementary school or high school.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Yeah, but that’s the point. You’re comparing kids dying to running a marathon.

Silly rabbit. Kids only matter if they're still in the womb (or lodged in a fallopian tube) Once they're born nobody gives a shit what happens to them.