O/T:- Trump Presidency 2.0 [hic sunt dracones]

[Mud Pie]

No, I think they are doing ok. I know the conjecture is that they are right-wing, but actually read some of their articles. Their headlines definitely aren't all pro-Republican. Then look at MSNBC, CNN and NBC (another network laying off staff). It's verging on media hysteria on their part.


Carrying this on, Trump signs off today the release of the JFK, RFK and MLK assassination files.

For me, who is fascinated by the Kennedy empire, it could be really interesting, but then again, I think there could be so much redacted that they'll be useless.

However, if there is nothing in the release that is groundbreaking, why the hell have successive US governments refused to release all the information?

I have looked forward to this more than anything and have carried out my JFK pilgrimage over the years, so I eagerly await the news prepared to be severely disappointed.

I mean breitbart and Ben Shapiro... are they cleaning themselves up these days?

[Lullapie]

I mean breitbart and Ben Shapiro... are they cleaning themselves up these days?

Ben Shapiro was ardent anti-Trump. He voted for Clinton in 2016, but I don't know what changed.

He says he later saw Trump in a different light and understood the things that Trump was doing. I think that's how many of the world view him.

I listen to Ben Shapiro a bit. I like his depth and quality of debate. I also have listened to Steve Schmidt and the Lincoln Project. They put many valid arguments forward too.

With regards to Breitbart, my earlier comments stand. The world has gone that far left over the last few years, exacerbated by the Covid era which legalised state control in the democratic world, that those that were centre, have been made to look right-wing. What the left-wing forget is that the majority of voting public in democratic countries are centrist. They feel abandoned and the political spectrum change in the world we are now experiencing is a reflection of this. You can only push them so far.

Who'd have though that a few years ago, there would have been people that would argue that there's more genders than male and female, that men could legally use female toilets and take part in female sports. The messed up thing about those examples are that it is the hard out feminists who are defending the right of men to be called women and vice-versa.

That's just one example of how as a society we have changed, and in my opinion, have regressed.

[OchPie]

The world has gone that far left over the last few years, exacerbated by the Covid era which legalised state control in the democratic world, that those that were centre, have been made to look right-wing.

There's no doubt socially, we've moved to the left. Gay marriage is legal. Racism isn't generally accepted. Reproductive health is mostly accessible. Women in the workplace are increasingly in positions of responsibility. Countries mostly look to reduce, not expand, their nuclear weapon arsenal.

At the same time, most of the West has become more capitalist and less economically equal, as the right champions.

In terms of government control, not much changes - though the British state is arguably at its smallest and weakest in decades. Austerity gutted it, especially local government.