You are absolutely correct. They think any deviation from their norm is radical socialism. It’s why they think they’re not homophobic as long as nothing is actively being the slightest bit gay. If it’s out of their comfort zone, even slightly, it’s “wrong”
Probably explains why they have been absolutely serious, for decade upon decade, in claiming that “liberal media” is a thing. The con has their positions on things, and they are far to the right on the broader political spectrum, and the American spectrum as well.
When the “liberal media” reiterates all the right wing assumptions about the world, they don’t notice or think it is “political”. The minute they report something factual that conflicts with their extremist position, then that’s “political”.
Liberal Media was always a term made up to scare media companies to the Right, and it worked… They still use the term (They think CNN is anything other than Right Wing for some reason)
I’m old enough to remember when the cons would call CNN “Clinton News Network”, implying that CNN only covered Clinton in glowing terms, because, OFC, they are so very liberal.
I found that a great “just asking questions” thing was to just innocently ask: “Clinton News Network? You mean, CNN, the network that made its name covering the first time we attacked Iraq?”
Cons really don’t like it when you ask questions like this, because questions really ruin their Peak Comedy moments like calling CNN “Clinton News Network”.
I think conservatives genuinely believe that they are normal and anyone who objects to anything they say or do is political.
You are absolutely correct. They think any deviation from their norm is radical socialism. It’s why they think they’re not homophobic as long as nothing is actively being the slightest bit gay. If it’s out of their comfort zone, even slightly, it’s “wrong”
Probably explains why they have been absolutely serious, for decade upon decade, in claiming that “liberal media” is a thing. The con has their positions on things, and they are far to the right on the broader political spectrum, and the American spectrum as well.
When the “liberal media” reiterates all the right wing assumptions about the world, they don’t notice or think it is “political”. The minute they report something factual that conflicts with their extremist position, then that’s “political”.
Liberal Media was always a term made up to scare media companies to the Right, and it worked… They still use the term (They think CNN is anything other than Right Wing for some reason)
I’m old enough to remember when the cons would call CNN “Clinton News Network”, implying that CNN only covered Clinton in glowing terms, because, OFC, they are so very liberal.
I found that a great “just asking questions” thing was to just innocently ask: “Clinton News Network? You mean, CNN, the network that made its name covering the first time we attacked Iraq?”
Cons really don’t like it when you ask questions like this, because questions really ruin their Peak Comedy moments like calling CNN “Clinton News Network”.
🤣