Dan GillmorSep 30, 2024

There is no vile promise Trump can make that will cause Big Journalism to take seriously the dire threat he poses to democracy and fundamental liberties.

Take his weekend Purge talk. He can't wait to unleash the worst police -- the racists and bullies who otherwise decent cops and public officials allow to operate with impunity. And standing beside those rogue cops will be his brownshirt brigades who can't wait to kill some of their neighbors.

This is real. But journalism just shrugs.

Show threadGeoff BernerSep 30, 2024
@dangillmor I don't understand your strange concept of the "otherwise decent" people who let cops hurt people with impunity? How does that make moral sense to you? How are they "otherwise decent" if you're saying they're complicit in police state crimes?
Show threadDan GillmorSep 30, 2024
@Geoffberner Fair point, but they feel trapped in a system that punishes integrity.
Show threadGeoff Berner
@dangillmor I don't care how they feel. I care about what they do. I don't understand why it matters what they feel? I care about their victims' feelings.
Sep 30, 2024 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadGeoff BernerSep 30, 2024
@dangillmor MLK seems to have understood those very "otherwise decent" people to be the main problem he was dealing with, the real reason police harms happen. And Arendt. She saw that too. I don't think they'd buy the "otherwise decent" concept.