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The New York Times's David Sanger sanewashes Trump's impeachably insane Easter threat against Iran as "unusually vivid"

If you want to see some weapons grade (pun not intended but I will leave it) sane washing this interview on the "moderate" bulwark network had my jaw on the floor.

There is something creepy about the calm, smart and sane (sounding) people talking about US foreign policy as if it isn't outrageous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5gSYQv7jFg&

Trump Broke U.S. Foreign Policy—Now What? (w/ Juan Gonzalez) | How to Fix It

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Thommy 1d ago

@futurebird @aaron.rupar I honestly think part of this is almost a defense mechanism. These commentators are knee-deep in all the reasons to panic, and they just don't want to be in that mental state, so they imagine that Trump, however much they hate him, knows what he's doing.

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myrmepropagandist 1d ago

@thomasjwebb @aaron.rupar

This kind of inability to recognize a crisis, a violation of the social order, a crime is what has us in this mess.

It's every person who thought "well he won't run again no need to put him in prison that's so extreme and makes me feel bad"

Some of it really felt like "but you know, maybe the trains will run on time soon" to me.

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clew

It’s a case of postponing maintenance and repair, yesno?

This is one of my hobbyhorses so I see it everywhere, though. Certainly in physical infrastructure, why not social infrastructure?

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