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| The Media - Why Do They Hate Us? |
| 2018-06-17 |
| [American Thinker] A new study by the Washington Times shows that 90% of the broadcast coverage of President Trump remains negative, even after the accomplishments of his first 500 days. Certainly, the so-called intelligentsia hate Donald Trump, but they hate Trump not just as an individual ‐ they hate him because he sides with us. They've hated us ‐ those heartland Americans clinging to our guns and religion ‐ long before Trump came along and will do so long after he is gone. The Justice Department's I.G. report has confirmed widespread prejudice among top Justice and FBI officials, but it's a mistake to think this bias is directed against Trump per se. Officials like Peter Strzok were intent on "stopping" Trump, but stopping him from doing what? Stopping him from restoring the right of ordinary Americans to govern their country? There exists among progressives a widespread culture of intolerance and hatred directed at the middle class. I'm not the only one, I'm sure, who finds the behavior of Robert De Niro, Jimmy Kimmell, Joy Behar, and the rest of them repellant. With the Trump presidency, everyday citizens have gained a voice in Washington. At exactly the same time, media attacks on these Americans have exploded. The inference is clear: Hollywood, the mainstream media, and academe believe that ordinary Americans must be silenced. Only the "smart" ones, as leftists consider themselves, have a right to be heard. The left is attempting to silence the opposition and has been doing so for a long time. The problem is that, in the end, silencing the opposition involves the use of force. It's bad enough to "censor" one's opponent, as the fake news does every minute with lies and omissions and outrageous claims. The media were hoping Trump would fail at the Singapore summit. Now that he has succeeded, that success is not being reported. All that CNN could say of the historic success is that Trump's achievement "appeared to upend decades of US policy in Asia." The suggestion that the U.S. may "eventually" remove troops from the DMZ "will likely spark concern in Tokyo and Seoul," CNN opined. That's it? It's better to stick with the status quo and allow North Korea to assemble a large nuclear arsenal and the ICBMs to deliver it than to change U.S. policy? (This wisdom, by the way, was the work of Joshua Berlinger, a 2012 graduate of Tufts University and "video editor," among other titles, at CNN. Not exactly Walter Cronkite.) There are many ways of silencing the opposition, including the covert activities of the FBI and DOJ. If they hate us that much, they feel justified in using any means necessary, no matter how improper or illegal. All of this is driven by the contempt progressives feel for "lesser" Americans. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 No, they hate us because we don't think they're our superiors. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-06-17 10:46 |
| #3 Why do they hate us? Because we don't buy what they are selling? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-06-17 09:56 |
| #2 Deplorables = Untermensch Socialist never change, just the terminology they employ. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-06-17 08:30 |
| #1 http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ This essay lays it out. Basically we're the Left's outgroup, so they can do anything they want to us. That's why nobody gets fired for calling black Republicans coons or Melania a cunt. The rules they make don't apply to themselves. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-06-17 07:04 |