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(10-22-2020, 08:08 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I've mentioned this before, but John Stewart made an extremely accurate observation recently.  He was doing a tour with Dave Chappelle and during an interview about it he commented on how the media took Trump's attacks personally and really lost their credibility and professionalism in their zeal to return the favor.  I've stated several times that Trump has exposed a lot of ugliness in our society from both his supporters and his detractors.  I suspect it was always there bubbling under the surface, but it's definitely in plain view now.

Yeah. I agree.

It's what I mean when I say a person like Trump brings out the worst in people. Which often gets painted as blaming Trump for the faults of others, e.g. bad journalistic standards or bad posts or whatever. That's not my intention. It's just what happens when a person clearly appeals to the worst impulses and most destructive cynicisms in people. Which imho is what Trump does very effectively, and very darkly. Dragging everything down.

Which, of course, is one reason why I tend to side with the detractors and am not neutral in my evaluations. Major blind spots implied.