We don’t learn. Trump is a lolcow. He generates outrage over absurdity to gain media leverage. This recent media cycle is not an accident and I am disappointed that we didn’t learn our lesson the first decade of this.
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...and trump and the GOP deliver detention camps and harrasement of trans children in the past and will again in the future.
trump's first administration had children separated from their parents at border crossings. Desantis of the GOP signed state legislation banning gender affirming care for children before the election. Dewine of the GOP has now signed state legislation banning bathrooms to trans children in public schools.
So unpopular, they voted in the guy that says he was going to do deport people.
So unpopular they voted in the party that does it.
They may grumble about the methods, but at the end of the day, this is what the majority of American voters are. They've announced in a loud voice that they are racist, bigoted, sexist, and anti-trans. A majority of American voters want the guy and the party that is pro-camps and anti-trans.
In your OP you said that you're disappointed that "we didn't learn our lesson". Why is it that you are still denying this is who American voters are today?
Precisely. These policies are so unpopular that Republicans know that to communicate or even allow discussion of them in the media is dangerous. So they force the narrative to be about something else. Erasing that destruction and violence for the sake of clicks and engagement.
I am not. You are correct, this is who American voters are today. I am pointing out that the current media cycle is part of a system that ensures they stay that way.
What is erased? This was known long before this recent election. This is who trump was in his first term. We saw it. It wasn't a secret. It was in the headlines then and in the last two elections too.
You're laying this at the feet of the media. Its not. Its American voters either advocating for it or apathetic to it.
Didn’t say that, no. I am laying this at the feet of Republicans.
It’s pretty simple. Americans aren’t crazy smart. They forget things almost immediately. The media serves to remind dumb, overworked Americans of what happened, and so it has some sway among voters. I’m not saying it’s 100% or even more than half, but some. And Republicans are using that power.
If you can’t admit that, you’re just silly, and if you can then we agree. 👍