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Re: Knock yourself out -- preen away.
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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Here's what I think you mean to say but won't:
I like criticizing the media for giving too much attention to Trump. I think that's a valid indictment. But I do not like when I hear criticism of the media for focusing on false narratives that I have adopted, such as bigotry or dumb rubes reactively rejecting their 'betters' (who I think think like me) being the main reasons Trump won, as opposed to economic issues. I don't care for that criticism because it tanks my sense of superiority. That's a media narrative that I don't want to see dismantled.
I also don't like criticism of the media that doesn't lay most of the blame at the feet of right wing media and corporate media that puts profits above all else. If one attacks the right and the left and suggests any similarity, that challenges the credibility of the notion that we are seeing a conflict between ideologies and political movements in which my side is better. If it's all a bit of a charade, if it's largely made up stuff - entertainment - then it's not a contest. I can't take a side and blame an 'other' for being the bad guy. I have to live in the deepest of grey areas. I don't like that kind of relativism, or cynicism, because I think I know what's best, but if I hear that I'm manipulated as well, I'm on a continuum with the Fox News sorts. And that bugs me.
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Why don't you just respond to what I actually say, instead of posting stupid shit like this? It's not like I conceal my views.
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