This is true. And our culture has changed at warp speed lately as we’ve realized it more and more, despite political distractions. The difference from even as recently as five years ago is notable. So let’s end this framing now and enter the future with our eyes open — together.
But while it originated with the right, the mainstream left and center pretty much eagerly rolled over and let the framing and distractions via spectacle and histrionics happen instead of fighting for true accuracy. How’s that been working out?
That’s how objective journalism got weaponized into normalizing loony bullshit. Both sides!
by the way, you know who has been a big proponent of governing by spectacle or policy by spectacle all along? Roger fucking Stone. Imagine if we had covered the Brooks Brothers “riot” in 2000, which he helped engineer, knowing all we know now.
Check out this 2000 coverage content.time.com/time/nation/ar…
It’s time to stop letting histrionics and spectacle run policy. It’s time to be adults now.
