Such a great podcast by you and the esteemed Adam B. Coleman, Salome! I was not able to listen to the whole podcast as it was just too long and I had to fast forward through some parts. But I heard enough to get the gist of the points you guys were trying to make. You touched on some pretty relevant and important topics. The mainstream m…
Such a great podcast by you and the esteemed Adam B. Coleman, Salome! I was not able to listen to the whole podcast as it was just too long and I had to fast forward through some parts. But I heard enough to get the gist of the points you guys were trying to make. You touched on some pretty relevant and important topics. The mainstream media is indeed all about sensationalism and yellow journalism these days. We’ve regressed back to how it was in the Gilded Age before the birth of the muckrakers, where news outlets just said whatever they had to say whether it was true or not to sell papers. The news media is as Matt Taibbi dubbed them “Hate, Inc.” The mainstream media has long since stopped searching for truth or educating people on current events. Today the mainstream press serves two purposes: 1) divide the country for ratings and profits at the behest of their corporate overlords and their allies. 2) Protect powerful people from being held accountable for bad things they’ve done. Mainstream media’s whole purpose is to make you hate you’re neighbor who doesn’t look like you or share you’re same political views. Also, they seek to reinforce you’re previously held biases and give you your as George Orwell called it in his classic novel 1984, “two minutes of hate.” So you can sit in front of your tv or laptop and basically say “Yeah! F those Democrats!” or “Yeah! F those Republicans!” They distort how we see the world and turn politics into a WWF or TMZ type show. Do you think CNN for example has those panel discussions on their show to have a constructive conversation or help viewers understand the issues better? Nope. It’s just for entertainment purposes. They know their viewers will eat up seeing Bakari Sellers or Solomon Jones or Toure talk down to Scott Jennings in a condescending way and accuse him of being stupid or racist. Or Abby Phillip cut off Scott Jennings right in the middle of when he’s talking and call him a liar or laugh off his point. It’s more like Big Brother or Real Housewives of New Jersey then it is CNN. It’s not about news and information anymore. It’s about drama, juicy sound bites and watching the left and right go at it while the mob behind their TV or phone or laptop screen howls for blood. It’s disgusting. People are so consumed by hate for those who politically disagree with them these days. I saw this was especially prevalent in young people when I was in college and especially on TikTok which is a breeding ground for partisans and extremists across the political spectrum. I’d like to give everyone a piece of advice: don’t ever use TikTok it’s absolutely bonkers and will warp you’re brain. I saw so many videos of liberals attacking and insulting conservatives and visa versa in the most vile way imaginable. Like for example, people dancing to the rap song “F Donald Trump!” in a very cocky and arrogant way. Or a video with a young person saying they love Hamas and glory to the resistance! Like you touched on Salome, I ponder this, is all that swagger and confidence they have real? Are they really happy spewing all this hate towards those they don’t agree with or who they don’t like? Or is it all to cover sort of pain they feel deep inside them or come from a wounded place? Also, what is this accomplishing on behalf of those they claim to care about like POC, women, poor people, LGBT people, disabled folks, Palestinians, etc.? Nothing, you’re just putting more hate, intolerance and heartache into the world. Also, how will this hate content heal the suffering you feel or fix the problem you claim to be so concerned about? For instance, how does making a cringy TikTok video where you mouth the words to the Progressive Punk song “No Trump! No KKK! No Fascist USA!” actually do anything to fight racism or build bridges or create love and understanding between people in real life? It doesn’t. Performative garbage, being smug and taunting and saying the worse things imaginable about people on the other side seems to have replaced real activism or taking tangible action to make the world a better place. Arguing with some random Trumper on X or Instagram or TikTok might momentarily make you feel good and superior but in the long run you’ve accomplished nothing and waisted a whole day of your life you’ll never get back. I feel so sad for those people because one day when their old and gray and look back on their life, they’ll realize they waisted it all and like Don Quixote, realize they spent the best years of their lives tilting at windmills, fighting monsters that didn’t actually exist and destroying their own lives. I’ve also noticed that these people who say things like “unfollow me if you voted for Trump!” or “you’re evil if you voted for Harris!” Tend to also post videos talking about traumas in their lives, struggling with mental health issues or being part of a minority group and feeling someone is out to get them. It’s like this is how they cope with how lost, sad, insecure, or adrift they feel in their life. Or they had a really bad experience in their early life that has led them to their extreme stand.
Such a great podcast by you and the esteemed Adam B. Coleman, Salome! I was not able to listen to the whole podcast as it was just too long and I had to fast forward through some parts. But I heard enough to get the gist of the points you guys were trying to make. You touched on some pretty relevant and important topics. The mainstream media is indeed all about sensationalism and yellow journalism these days. We’ve regressed back to how it was in the Gilded Age before the birth of the muckrakers, where news outlets just said whatever they had to say whether it was true or not to sell papers. The news media is as Matt Taibbi dubbed them “Hate, Inc.” The mainstream media has long since stopped searching for truth or educating people on current events. Today the mainstream press serves two purposes: 1) divide the country for ratings and profits at the behest of their corporate overlords and their allies. 2) Protect powerful people from being held accountable for bad things they’ve done. Mainstream media’s whole purpose is to make you hate you’re neighbor who doesn’t look like you or share you’re same political views. Also, they seek to reinforce you’re previously held biases and give you your as George Orwell called it in his classic novel 1984, “two minutes of hate.” So you can sit in front of your tv or laptop and basically say “Yeah! F those Democrats!” or “Yeah! F those Republicans!” They distort how we see the world and turn politics into a WWF or TMZ type show. Do you think CNN for example has those panel discussions on their show to have a constructive conversation or help viewers understand the issues better? Nope. It’s just for entertainment purposes. They know their viewers will eat up seeing Bakari Sellers or Solomon Jones or Toure talk down to Scott Jennings in a condescending way and accuse him of being stupid or racist. Or Abby Phillip cut off Scott Jennings right in the middle of when he’s talking and call him a liar or laugh off his point. It’s more like Big Brother or Real Housewives of New Jersey then it is CNN. It’s not about news and information anymore. It’s about drama, juicy sound bites and watching the left and right go at it while the mob behind their TV or phone or laptop screen howls for blood. It’s disgusting. People are so consumed by hate for those who politically disagree with them these days. I saw this was especially prevalent in young people when I was in college and especially on TikTok which is a breeding ground for partisans and extremists across the political spectrum. I’d like to give everyone a piece of advice: don’t ever use TikTok it’s absolutely bonkers and will warp you’re brain. I saw so many videos of liberals attacking and insulting conservatives and visa versa in the most vile way imaginable. Like for example, people dancing to the rap song “F Donald Trump!” in a very cocky and arrogant way. Or a video with a young person saying they love Hamas and glory to the resistance! Like you touched on Salome, I ponder this, is all that swagger and confidence they have real? Are they really happy spewing all this hate towards those they don’t agree with or who they don’t like? Or is it all to cover sort of pain they feel deep inside them or come from a wounded place? Also, what is this accomplishing on behalf of those they claim to care about like POC, women, poor people, LGBT people, disabled folks, Palestinians, etc.? Nothing, you’re just putting more hate, intolerance and heartache into the world. Also, how will this hate content heal the suffering you feel or fix the problem you claim to be so concerned about? For instance, how does making a cringy TikTok video where you mouth the words to the Progressive Punk song “No Trump! No KKK! No Fascist USA!” actually do anything to fight racism or build bridges or create love and understanding between people in real life? It doesn’t. Performative garbage, being smug and taunting and saying the worse things imaginable about people on the other side seems to have replaced real activism or taking tangible action to make the world a better place. Arguing with some random Trumper on X or Instagram or TikTok might momentarily make you feel good and superior but in the long run you’ve accomplished nothing and waisted a whole day of your life you’ll never get back. I feel so sad for those people because one day when their old and gray and look back on their life, they’ll realize they waisted it all and like Don Quixote, realize they spent the best years of their lives tilting at windmills, fighting monsters that didn’t actually exist and destroying their own lives. I’ve also noticed that these people who say things like “unfollow me if you voted for Trump!” or “you’re evil if you voted for Harris!” Tend to also post videos talking about traumas in their lives, struggling with mental health issues or being part of a minority group and feeling someone is out to get them. It’s like this is how they cope with how lost, sad, insecure, or adrift they feel in their life. Or they had a really bad experience in their early life that has led them to their extreme stand.
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