Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Saturday, June 20, 2020

"It's deja vu all over again"


Today, in Tulsa Oklahoma, kicks off the first so called “presidential rally” of the year, for second-term wannabe, Donald J. Trump. We already know in advance that there will be a full court press on hand to cover it.

Of course, as was true in 2016, today's broadcast coverage plays right into Trump's political agenda. I.e., he needs his media foils, and all the better if they’re present, right there in the crowd, to unload on... not to mention the additional perk of millions of dollars worth of the free publicity he will get.  Yep, it's a total "win-win" for Trump.

True, like that unruly teenager who steals the car keys when no one is looking, it is important that we adults all stay aware of what Trump is up to. But is the press, by giving him such national attention, only making things worse?  Emboldening his chances of winning re-election?

We know Fox will be there, in all it’s “fair and balanced” glory. But does the "left-leaning” “lame stream media” willingly play right into Trump’s “nasty p-grabbing hands,” by pimping themselves out to Trump with such "news" coverage?

What do you think?  Should or shouldn’t the media cover the Trump’s rallies?  Will you be watching??

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