No escape from T.
To give Blasio his due the mere sight of Trump's visage on TV has an astonishing effect on people of certain persuasions. The rage. It's like possession. And yet at the same time they can't stop watching.
It's interesting to consider whether the mechanism is related to berserking when people were transported outside themselves by some overpowering emotion. Karening, berserking, lawyers firebombing police cars: they're somewhere else.
You almost feel like dumping a bucket of water on their heads saying, "snap out of it. Pull yourself together."
