Oddbean new post about login | logout “'I had expected every website and all the cable news shows to lead with a story about Trump demanding the execution of the highest military officer in the country,' the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg told the Wapo. 'If Barack Obama or George W. Bush had done so, I’m sure [the news media] would have been all over it.'” #Trump #crime #violence #threats #retribution #MediaFail /2
Then, as Sykes points out, Trump told a cheering crowd of California Republicans that, if elected president again, he's have shoplifters shot — and the media shrugged their shoulders. #Trump #crime #violence #threats #retribution #MediaFail /3
@f884fa2b #Republicans cheer to: “#SHOPLIFTERS SHOULD BE SHOT!” Wow. That’s a new low, even for the #GOP. How are we ever gonna get anything useful done - when half the country’s ranting in the basement? (Alt text: we need to stop measuring the economy by how well rich people are doing) https://climatejustice.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/194/220/711/819/009/original/5ee368f3ddd40072.png
@3722dc78 And the big revelation is that they cheered, isn't it? Many of us in this country right now are slavering to hurt and hate targeted groups, and Trump and the Republicans know how to channel that hate the will to hurt.
