The only reason the Durham probe of the FBI exists is for conservative news outlets to report that There Is Definitely Something Going On That the Mainstream Media Won’t Report
NYPOST: Hillary accused of spying
NRO: The final Durham report will be damning
DM: Biden aide is in the hot seat
FOX: THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT THIS
D: That’s because it sounds like a lot of hot air and wishful thinking
R: How can Democrats be so brainwashed
D: Trump’s son attended a meeting with Kremlin lawyers to collect dirt on HRC after they’d hacked US government servers
R: That’s been debunked
D: No it hasn’t
R: Plus, it is far less significant than our allegation that Obama and/or Clinton and/or Biden spied on Trump
“The solution to offensive speech is more speech, not less” is a difficult maxim to refute. But it is not without its problems, the greatest of which is that the loudest and most persistent voices invariably end up dominating the discussion regardless of empirical merit
I think some proponents of this ideology cling to a platonic ideal of the “marketplace of ideas” in which the wisdom of the masses is sufficient to separate valuable truth from deceit & chicanery.
This does not appear to be how it works in the real world.
We have similar ideals in our discussions of the economic “free market”, but when, say, Jimbo’s Mom & Pop Shop goes head-to-head with Jeff Bezos’ Half-a-Trillion-Dollar Electronic Megamall it’s not exactly going to be a fair fight
FOX NEWS: Many people are saying there are rumors & speculation from very important people who think that there’s a chance Hillary Clinton might possibly be considering maybe thinking about challenging Biden in 2024
D: How is that even a story
R: OOOOH! I HATE HILLARY CLINTON!
FOX: HILLARY CLINTON HILLARY CLINTON SHRIEEEEK
D: She’s not running for President
FOX: It’s technically possible
D: We know this is one of your many distractions to scare your audience because Joe Biden just isn’t a very frightening boogeyman
FOX: We distinctly said SHRIEEEEK
R: Well, how is that different than liberals talking about Trump
D: Because Trump is still the de facto head of the GOP & almost certainly the 2024 frontrunner
R: That’s TDS! 😂 And by the way, any Republican who criticizes him is a RINO
When “Guilt by Association with Nazis” is an issue that somehow keeps coming up
R: I am SO SICK of liberals calling us Nazis just because actual Nazis are on our side
D: Uh…
R: What about all of the good conservative beliefs Nazis agree with
D: Like what?
R: I know they REALLY oppose trade unions & support border security
D: Keep digging
R: By the way, today’s my first day on the Internet, so I will smugly inform you that “Nazi” is short for “National Socialist” and then pretend that actually means something
D: I will now wearily explain to you why that is irrelevant political sophistry: ⬇️
Imagining myself pocketing the 50 G’s and starting fresh, desperately trying to attract attention to my satirical dialogues about political gaslighting by stapling them to wooden kiosks & telephone poles
Hey, I don’t know who’s offering $50,000 to buy the rights to my Twitter account, but I’m sure a robust corporation like Disney Plus could continue to generate the blue-ribbon content my readers have grown accustomed to
D: Hello! I am D, a Democrat
R: And I am R, a Republican
D: Let’s argue about politics
R: OK
D: Have you ever noticed the similarities between Donald Trump and a poop-flinging monkey?
THE RETURN OF COLBY, THE STILL PROFOUNDLY-FICTIONAL LIBERAL ARCHETYPE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT ON FOX NEWS
COLBY: My goal is to divide the country by relentlessly criticizing the way Republicans behaved after the 2020 election
D: Are you suggesting that we weren’t divided before
COLBY: The only reason I continue to insist the January 6th rally was a big deal is to distract from the ever-present rioting & looting at BLM protests
D: I suppose there’s not much point in explaining “projection” to you
COLBY: We all know lockdowns are pointless, masks are a nuisance & vaccines are dangerous, but I get a great feeling of power when I force them on everyday Americans