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> The latest one is against Tulsi Gabbard, who, after announcing she is leaving her political party, is now the target of all manner of attacks from multiple a

> The latest one is against Tulsi Gabbard, who, after announcing she is leaving her political party, is now the target of all manner of attacks from multiple angles, including such things as saying she is a member of a cult. I use this example because it is very fresh, quite literally the last few days. Gabbard was a weak link in her own party, she's been deliberately contrarian solely for the sake of being contrarian. I'm fine with journalists being contrarian, but this "dissident politician" phenomenon just gets in the way and encourages more sensationalism

robomartin 4y ago
> Gabbard was a weak link in her own party, she's been deliberately contrarian solely for the sake of being contrarian. The only thing I am pointing out is that the carpet bombing against her did not start until she decided to not be a part of that group. If she was the horrible human being she is being made out to be it should have been news many years ago, not now. Put a different way: If the motivation was to ensure quality human beings become our leaders and questionable candidates are expunged, the carpet bombing about her would have happened a long time ago. It is happening now because she is now the enemy and factions of the media are in such alignment with the party she is leaving behind that they engage in open warfare against anyone opposing them. Regardless of party affiliation, this is not what our press should be about. Again, objectively not good for society.