QUOTE(Mags_ @ Oct 29 2024, 09:24)
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www.9news.com.au]
Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post non-endorsement after subscribers flee and staff resign Why the fuck should a news source declare allegiance to one side?
These people are insane.
Same thing happening with LA times.
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www.npr.org]
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/24/g-s1-29665/l...ial-endorsement[
apnews.com]
https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-time...8bee01fa6575450But remember kids, the people acting hysterically are the voice of reason.
QUOTE(Moonlight Rambler @ Oct 29 2024, 09:38)
that was my thought exactly. "wait, why am i supposed to be upset about keeping a semblance of 'neutrality?'"
I think the idea is that one side is "literally hitler" (something i question the validity of, personally) and therefore they have an obligation to worship the other candidate.
But yeah I don't buy that. I mean, orange man already had a term in office, and sure, i was probably frustrated/distressed by something monthly, but all things considered he relinquished power, etc..
he's much more an isolationist i'd say. Or at least the people around him were.
Don't you understand? The whole world was literally seconds away from hellish tyranny the entire time Trump was in office.
And then January 6th happened.
To understand its importance, you have to realize that the American democracy functions much like the conquest mode in Call of Duty where the attacking team has to squat around a control zone while the defender's flag very slowly lowers from the flagpole. Then the attacker's flag is also very slowly hoisted up that same flagpole and the giant glowing circle around the point slowly changes color from democracy to fascism.
On January 6th, Trump and his thugs were literal seconds away from holding the point and bleeding the Democrats tickets on Washington D.C. until a brave Capitol guard heroically shot that woman and everyone just sorta scattered.
We got lucky once, you wanna take that risk again?