Hey MSM, Stop calling Mike Johnson 'charming', 'friendly', 'a nice guy', or 'personable' — he's extreme. He voted to overturn the 2020 election. He's a theocrat. He's dangerous AF.

If you can't spot a wolf in sheep's clothing, you're middle school level naive or feigning so — get the hell out of Journalism.

@DrJackBrown

They don't care about his record, his policies, his corruption. Because they are corrupted too.

Corporate journalism isn't mainstream. It's just all we are allowed to see.

@DrJackBrown congress has been making up for lost time by voting on utterly performative right wing talk radio style bullshit. This is absurd.

@DrJackBrown

The American MSM has always - and I do mean always, going back to Kaiser Wilhelm! - waxed lyrical about extreme RW power dudes (and Dudettes; they loved Maggie Thatcher).

They just love fascists and the fascist-adjacent. Maybe because they're trained to have no opinions of their own at all, they get a vicarious thrill out of talking to someone with outrageous ones.

@DrJackBrown More a rabid weasel than a wolf, tbh.
@DrJackBrown I heard a bit of his speech, talking about god bringing people into power, and them being in power at this exact time in history. They're gonna do everything they can to usher in Armageddon, the rightwing evangelicals are just drooling about biblical end times...
@vandenberglegs @DrJackBrown I heard it too, basically telling themselves they’re divinely installed to power. madness
@DrJackBrown has it occurred to anyone else that he was the plan all along?
@DrJackBrown Plus he’s an open homophobe.

“But our government can never provide its stamp of approval or special legal sanction for behavior patterns that are proven to be destructive to individuals, to families and to society at large. Your race, creed and sex are what you are, while homosexuality and cross-dressing are things you do. This is a free country, but we don't give special protections for every person's bizarre choices. Where would it end?”

@DrJackBrown
Our society, by and large, values the veneer of politeness and civility over any actual substance. You can do and say the vilest, most evil shit, but as long as you dress it up in veiled language, a suit, and an expensive haircut, a significant portion of the population will treat you as though your opinions are worth considering, even if they disagree.

Just look at Reagan.

@DrJackBrown a polite fascist is no less fascist.

@DrJackBrown that is intentional...

Just like their incitement and support for #StochasticTerrorism by virtue of #PropagandaOfTheDeed as #reward in the form of #Airtime!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

How the American Media Fuels A Cycle of Violence

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