As head of the CIA this man lied to the United States Senate about the fact that under his direction the CIA spied on the United States Senate to counter their investigation of CIA interrogation measures. He lied to the American public about drone casualties, & much else besides.
He was never punished, never fired. But he demands that half of America publicly renounce their support of his political opponent whom he also spied on. Might be a reason why these dangerous fascists are so obsessed with Russia...
But he not only walks free and is paid to collaborate with partisan media outlets—he is considered one of our elite masters by The Party. And if The Party demands that every major corporation support its narrative, you must do the same.
Here’s a middle aged husband and father tip thread: we get in “the tunnel” of kid-rearing d work, and things get robotic. You just put one foot in front of the other. Happiness declines. You just do. But here’s what you need to do: show your wife and kids your personality.
You don’t need extraneous experiences or extra crap for your “mid-life crisis”—damn that boomer phrase! You need to get out of dude robotic reaction to all the stuff you gotta do and have fun, yes. *But with your wife and kids.* Reach back into the mischievous bastard pirate.
Drink at home on Friday night & teach yer kids poker or something you used to nerd out on. Use your strength and author-it-tie to surprise them and your wife with your likes and stop being a dad-simp. Bring them all into what you like. Romance the woman w/your old school charm.
The whole point of mainstream media is the radicalization of its audience, of course.
Oh, you thought the American public just happened to change its mind in the light of cool reason over the last few decades on topic after controversial topic?
The stern fear about "radicalization" causing "violence" outside mainstream institutions/platforms is really just concern that there might be competition. Radicalization via mainstream institutions & platforms leading to violence is the story of the entire summer of 2020 riots.
The difference is some of us have always been against such phrases and violence, and backing the blue is something virtually all Trump supporters agree with. Mature adults understand the distinction between a handful of people and the views and actions of 75 million people.
The rest of the nation sees what is going on here: the complete reversal of the entirety of elite America when it comes to the framing of (and incitement and justification of) political violence.
You don’t get to lecture us now about political violence. You gave away that pedestal over the last year. Trained crowds tried to take over the White House to the point where the President of the United States had to be moved and your response was to make fun of him.
Of course they are going to cancel Clarence Thomas and anyone else they want now. If Rs can't make distinctions and speak truths about the protests (gone terribly wrong, to be sure) the Ds will control the narrative. Which they already do, along with everything else.
Official Republican DC is in the process of canceling itself, even as it thinks it is saving itself. This is 1917 now. There is zero reason for ongoing purge to stop. And it won't. The distinctions to make are fairly simple, but one side has all the power, so saying them is hard.
If Rs can't say "no, this was not a coup but a legitimate protest that went tragically and foolishly wrong due to a number of bad actors" - you know, just say what the Ds have said for months - then it will be painted as a full scale coup/insurrection & used to purge the right.
I hate that what pseuds figured out was most likely with basic internet research in a week early last year can only now be validated b/c NY Mag published an article, thus giving obedient “educated” people freedom to explore a newly allowed possibility.
The effect is, 1 yr after the fact, to “de-politicize” the obvious, most plausible possibility that @zerohedge got banned from Twitter for pointing out early on. Of course, in truth this conscious decision is political, as is the power to “de-politicize” basic facts.
The ability to “de-politicize” or legitimate what is likely true/false & what is acceptable/unacceptable opinion=the difference btwn MSM v “alt” media. Silver lining is at no time in living memory has mainstream media been so distrusted. But much effort still needed to capitalize