(10-20-2021, 05:54 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: This is what happens when you make political opponents your enemy. If society would have had this visceral a reaction to the DNC in 2015, when all but one said they saw Republicans as the greatest threat to the US, maybe we would have bought ourselves some time. Ronster is a product of hypocrisy and mistrust brought about by the weaponizing of our institutions against his political party. I think he, and others like him, are losing their own values by adopting the values of democrats, but until moderates say enough, you're just going to get more of this.

That's a good observation. I have a feeling it's going to get worse before it gets better because the center left does not want to undermine the institutions which empower them, even if they don't fully agree with their methods. How many of the so called dem moderates on this board, or anywhere, criticize the outright biases and lies perpetrated by the MSM or the tendentious censorial practices of big tech?  Let me answer: none. They do drive-bys but will not engage in substantive debate about media and information policy or the slow motion train wreck in Washington now. Why? Because they don't need to when they have the microphone. 

What it's going to take is another outsider like Trump, but with a reasonable temperament, to shake up the system again. He called out the MSM for what they were and now public trust for them is at an all time low. Additionally, big tech needs to be broken up by stripping their federal protections. They've demonstrated, without question, that they no longer qualify for immunity under section 230. Let them face the consequences of their actions in a flood of lawsuits and we'll have more open platforms. 

Sadly, as long as Trump stands in the wings intimating at another run, moderates of all stripes will remain divided and the potential for an overwhelming win in both Houses is diluted and the vitriol continues. Unless Republicans can get the numbers in Congress to effect change on big tech, there seems little chance at leveling the field soon.

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