https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-20-2023
"Yesterday, David Roberts of the energy and politics newsletter
Volts noted
that a
Washington Post article illustrated how right-wing extremism is
accomplishing its goal of destroying faith in democracy. Examining how “in a
swing Wisconsin county, everyone is tired of politics,” the article revealed
how right-wing extremism has sucked up so much media oxygen that people have
tuned out, making them unaware that Biden and the Democrats are doing their
best to deliver precisely what those in the article claim to want: compromise,
access to abortion, affordable health care, and gun safety.
One person interviewed said, “I can’t really speak to anything [Biden] has done
because I’ve tuned it out, like a lot of people have. We’re so tired of the
us-against-them politics.” Roberts points out that “both sides” are not
extremists, but many Americans have no idea that the Democrats are actually
trying to govern, including by reaching across the aisle. Roberts notes that
the media focus on the right wing enables the right wing to define our
politics. That, in turn, serves the radical right by destroying Americans’
faith in our democratic government.
Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele echoed that
observation this morning when he wrote, “We need to stop the false equivalency
BS between Biden and Trump. Only one acts with the intention to do real harm.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
