“Alternative facts” are facts indeed — in alternative realities. As you’ve probably noticed, the USofA is suffering a bad case of multiple reality disorder at the moment. Even a Democratic sweep in the upcoming election won’t change that.
Not much of what a human being “knows” is based on personal experience. The bulk of our “knowledge” comes from trusted authority figures — parents, teachers, scientists, priests, talking heads on TV, celebrities, social media influencers, etc. etc. The only thing we ask of them is reasonable consistency with our other authority figures. Human beings have always lived in bubbles where received knowledge included large dollops of misconception — but in the past, the bubbles didn’t bump up against each other nearly so often.
The QAnon cult is pretty firmly entrenched in Evangelical Christianity these days. The Boogaloo crazies will remain well-armed, and the racists will be even more paranoid. Fox News won’t lose any viewership. I’d like to know how a Biden Administration will handle that. “Bringing the nation together” sounds good, but it won’t happen in Joe Biden’s lifetime.
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The death of RBG was a gut punch to progressives. If a Democratic President and Senate decide to go ahead and "pack the Court," they won't hear any complaints from me.
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