10-07-2020, 12:30 PM
(10-07-2020, 10:58 AM)hollodero Wrote: I share many of your observations, I agree that most of the US media is particularly opinionated, so no real argument there in general. (I don't agree 100% with everything, but I see the point and I agree to some extent.)
About Trump and masks though, for one I feel this can not be seen as an isolated incident, but rather as part of an imho concerning pattern of Trump recklessly playing down the dangers of corona. Not only did he take off his mask for the WH photo op (something he should not have done, aside from directly endangering his surroundings there is something like a role model function for a president); he also tweeted that corona is not all that dangerous, compared it to the flu, called for not being afraid of it... this I find quite outrageous, considering there are over 200.000 corona deaths as of now, and counting, and no one gets experimental antibody cocktails and all that other high-end stuff normal people do not have access to. And then he adds on this no mask photo op and his trip in a closed vehicle and it fits a picture where I have to agree with the underlying sentiment of the critizism he gets for it.
That the media tends to take certain things too far does not take away from that impression of mine, and I feel you're kind of using the media exaggerations as argument for acquitting Trump of any guilt or wrongdoing. And this is where I cannot follow. As you probably do not know, I am not an American, rather an US fan from abroad... and if our chancellor had behaved like Trump in similar circumstances, I would find it pretty hard to bear as well. This assessment has nothing to do with any picture the media paints.
Good points.
I actually agree with Trump that you shouldn't be scared of Covid or let it dominate your life. Cautious, but not lockdown everything scared.
I liked his message. I thought it was uplifting and showed strength and resilience. We all know if Obama said the exact same thing it would be the best most awesome thing in the world. I truly believe that. They hate the man, not the message.
