Eh. I was in a pulpit on 9/11. Most of my congregation was 20+ years older than me, if not 40+ years. They didn’t really care. Too old, too far away from them, too outside their ordinary lives. They didn’t have friends or family in NYC. They remembered WWII. I don’t know what it was, but it didn’t impact them.Because for millions of Americans - who live their lives passively through screens and entertainment - it was just the final episode of a TV show and it didn't really affect their lives. And the next show that followed it was boring. https://t.co/pzIzItoDcH
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 6, 2024
J6 was in DC. It was four years ago. Ukraine is a foreign country. The President doesn’t really impact daily life, any more than Ted Cruz matters to daily life in Texas. People don’t think about government or voting the way pundits imagine they do, and every two years the pundits are unable to face that fact. The Narrative is their reality.
Turns out that’s true for voters, too. But it’s usually a different Narrative altogether.
It's absurd to try to find a group to blame except for a. those who voted for Trump and, b. those who didn't vote. I think one thing is clear, lots of Women won't vote for a Woman as president. The differences between the vote for Obama and the votes for Hillary and Kamala is rather staggering to me, considering the role Women owning their own bodies played in this. Joe Biden's calculation that America is ready to join the 20th century in that regard was wrong.
ReplyDeleteAs for Nichols, he can get back to me when he slams the media for the role they played in this, including him. I mean, what does he think the People who read his tweet were doing?