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> Twitter, Reddit etc are very good watchdogs of R malfeasance, In theory, that's true, but in practice, I see them as the Boy Who Cried Wolf. If you treat li
by logicalmonster 4y ago
> Twitter, Reddit etc are very good watchdogs of R malfeasance,
In theory, that's true, but in practice, I see them as the Boy Who Cried Wolf.
If you treat literally everything as the world's biggest scandal, you're going to be ignored or drowned out if you actually do find a dangerous scandal because there's literally zero shift in tone.
- kashunstva 4y ago> you're going to be ignored or drowned out if you actually do find a dangerous scandal because there's literally zero shift in tone And consequently political figures will respond to the muted effect of this stimulus by up-regulating their performative, attention-seeking discourse.