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I think we've had many "tipping" that keep pushing the denominator further down. The first time I saw that in my adult life was the memorial service for late M

I think we've had many "tipping" that keep pushing the denominator further down. The first time I saw that in my adult life was the memorial service for late Minnesota senator Paul Wellstone 20 years ago. The speakers turned it into a political rally. It was beyond distasteful. For some reason, it really stuck in my mind as the end of decency.

downWidOutaFite 5y ago
It's funny as someone on the left I also remember the death of Paul Wellstone as a turning point. But to me it was the fact that the right wing media had become so powerful that they could manufacture whatever outrage they wanted. The manufactured outrage was that the funeral of the most passionate progressive senator, days before his election, became an expression of people wanting to continue his legacy. Everybody always says the liberal media is so powerful but I don't think it holds a candle to the right wing media's power to manufacture constant outrage. These live with constant popular uprisings manufactured by the right such as anti-CRT, anti-mask, anti-immigrant. The left has nowhere near that kind of power.