This is what allowing media consolidation got you, Democrats. Sinclair has been putting its thumb on the scale for decades and you did nothing, even while they were having a measurable negative impact to Democratic support.

Perhaps most blatantly:

Sinclair executive David Smith met with Donald Trump during the 2016 election year, in which he told the future president, “We are here to deliver your message.”

Yeah! The Democrats are the real villains here!! Not the actual fascists running the show, doing the evil, pulling the triggers, deporting the innocent, ignoring the laws… Fuck off with this hindsight blame game shit. Fascism is here and the real blame lies on the American people.

It’s probably another example of Murc’s Law. And once you see Murc’s Law in action, you can never unsee it. You’ll see it everywhere, and every day.

whereofonecanspeak.com/…/youve-probably-never-hea…

Murc’s law is named after the insight of the eponymous LGM commenter that, in American politics, only Democrats are assumed to have agency. Republicans are like rocks rolling down hill or perhaps sharks eating seals: they do what they do because that’s just what they are, so there’s no point in holding them responsible for anything, since they could not do o[t]herwise.

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That great description from : lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/…/the-paradoxical-limits…

This is the first I have heard of Murc’s law. It succinctly describes the nature of American politics. It’s uncanny.