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b_b  ·  1671 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Biden Accuser Reade's Allegations Match Scene from Dead Father's Novel

I guess my big problem is that we're dealing with an existential threat to our country (Trump, not covid), and the media just don't have the same standard for both sides. If they did, this stuff wouldn't piss me off so much. But there are law suits against Trump for raping women that have actual physical evidence that have gotten less play in the media in total than one crackpot's potshot at Biden has in the last 3 days. If the media spent 30 minutes on Trump's allegations for every minute of Biden, I'd be less concerned. But democrats think they're being righteous by setting up a circular firing squad at every opportunity, rather than just shouting back, "Fuck off, there's nothing to see here so I'm not going to dignify it." Joe has real things to answer for, such as his treatment of Anita Hill, which was disgraceful. But until we're playing by the same set of rules, all bets are off on my opinion.





mk  ·  1671 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The media can fuck right off. They've definitely raised my threshold for giving a shit. It's so obvious they are being gamed, and so are we.

I agree that Trump is the real threat.

am_Unition  ·  1670 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, do you not enjoy sentences like "Critics of the Trump administration sometimes warn that he may be overextending the bounds of executive authority"?

It's like watching an institutionalized game of telephone.

b_b  ·  1670 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I cancelled my very long standing NYT subscription the other day because of this type of thing. I just can't stand it anymore.

am_Unition  ·  1670 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Neither side can agree on whether b_b's decision was correct, making it ambiguous as to whether or not his existence is even worthwhile