• Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    This has given the mainstream media cover to lionize and normalize his hate,

    You mean like they’ve been doing for decades, since Trump was a TV personality? Trump has always been treated with kid gloves. He’s the dipshit who started the “birther” conspiracy against Obama.

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      2 days ago

      No, the sycophancy for Charlie Kirk we’re seeing right now is unlike anything I’ve seen before.

      Also, the media has frequently and harshly criticized Donald Trump, though we’re seeing less of that in term 2 as he’s tightening his grip on power. If anything it would have been better to just ignore him and maybe he never would have gotten anywhere. But obviously that’s hindsight.

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        2 days ago

        I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but this is not a new thing. It’s just becoming more obvious.

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          It’s not new but this is making it worse, that’s all I’m saying. Leftists are already widely maligned and feeding that fire is more dangerous than people want to admit.