> Did he believe nothing would come of this and it would all just go away? My entirely unevidenced belief is that this happens _all the time_ and recent events

> Did he believe nothing would come of this and it would all just go away? My entirely unevidenced belief is that this happens _all the time_ and recent events are only notable because they didn't just go away. With local news in freefall if anything I imagine this is happening more and more.