Heather Cox Richardson on media coverage of Aghanistan: "Interestingly, much of the U.S. media is describing this scenario as a disaster for President Biden. Yet, on CNN this morning, Matthew Dowd, who was the chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney ticket in 2004, noted that more than 20,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan without a single loss of an American life, while in the same period of time, 5000 Americans have died from Covid-19 and 500 have died from gunshots."
There’s a big difference between being un-vaxxed and anti-vaxx. Our issue is with anti-vaxxers who are clogging up hospitals due to willful ignorance/negligence. Personally I can’t be more concerned about their well being than they are. They’re also the ones who didn’t come in when it started to rain.
And again, I cannot for the life of me understand why anti-masking politicians are almost guaranteeing that many many of their voters won't live to vote in the next election!
I had to laugh out loud at the idiocy of anti-vaxxers refusing to take Covid vaccine because it is approved only for emergency use. What? There's no emergency? OTOH they flock to take a substance prescribed for a variety of non-viral problems in animals - and human lice !! ?? Does anyone know if they are the same people?
At <medium.com> today there is an essay, The Age of Ignorance by Umair Haque, that is one answer to why this is such an age.
Fox News is a “clear and present danger.” Thank you for de-escalating the rhetoric. Time to back off from the news long enough to hear how hysterical it has become. Some of these columnists need smelling salts. As always, I appreciate your acumen.
What puzzles me is that the media is under strong scrutiny for its sensationalism over Afghanistan but it continues the narrative. Video and pictures dominate the media. If the can run 30 seconds of video (on a loop), it crowds out all other discussion.
Although there is much to comment on in your newsletter, I’m picking a small but significant (to me) thing. I greatly appreciate your not spelling out curse words - you know, the really obscene ones. As our society becomes more and more crass, I appreciate this touch of civility.
Thanks, Susan. I felt bad for including the censored words, but they expressed the husband's anger for what is happening to his wife. I appreciate your note.
Yes, "avoid stigmatizing" is the best advice possible for ending the division among us for all sorts of reasons. Not all Republicans are alike, and all Democrats are not alike. We have to start seeing other humans as individuals all the time, not data groups. "Not a horse, not a cow" indeed. Human. A species composed of multitudes of individuals, each one unique.
Heather Cox Richardson on media coverage of Aghanistan: "Interestingly, much of the U.S. media is describing this scenario as a disaster for President Biden. Yet, on CNN this morning, Matthew Dowd, who was the chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney ticket in 2004, noted that more than 20,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan without a single loss of an American life, while in the same period of time, 5000 Americans have died from Covid-19 and 500 have died from gunshots."
Thanks. I will borrow that statistic.
Oh yes yes yes! Nail that statistic over the door of every dwelling!
There’s a big difference between being un-vaxxed and anti-vaxx. Our issue is with anti-vaxxers who are clogging up hospitals due to willful ignorance/negligence. Personally I can’t be more concerned about their well being than they are. They’re also the ones who didn’t come in when it started to rain.
And again, I cannot for the life of me understand why anti-masking politicians are almost guaranteeing that many many of their voters won't live to vote in the next election!
I had to laugh out loud at the idiocy of anti-vaxxers refusing to take Covid vaccine because it is approved only for emergency use. What? There's no emergency? OTOH they flock to take a substance prescribed for a variety of non-viral problems in animals - and human lice !! ?? Does anyone know if they are the same people?
At <medium.com> today there is an essay, The Age of Ignorance by Umair Haque, that is one answer to why this is such an age.
when I tried to view the article, all I could find was this: https://medium.com/@brucebookman/the-age-of-ignorance-a-response-efbc45337981
Fox News is a “clear and present danger.” Thank you for de-escalating the rhetoric. Time to back off from the news long enough to hear how hysterical it has become. Some of these columnists need smelling salts. As always, I appreciate your acumen.
What puzzles me is that the media is under strong scrutiny for its sensationalism over Afghanistan but it continues the narrative. Video and pictures dominate the media. If the can run 30 seconds of video (on a loop), it crowds out all other discussion.
Long-term effects of the crazy of 2016-2020?
Dear Mr.Hubble,
Although there is much to comment on in your newsletter, I’m picking a small but significant (to me) thing. I greatly appreciate your not spelling out curse words - you know, the really obscene ones. As our society becomes more and more crass, I appreciate this touch of civility.
Thanks, Susan. I felt bad for including the censored words, but they expressed the husband's anger for what is happening to his wife. I appreciate your note.
Yes, "avoid stigmatizing" is the best advice possible for ending the division among us for all sorts of reasons. Not all Republicans are alike, and all Democrats are not alike. We have to start seeing other humans as individuals all the time, not data groups. "Not a horse, not a cow" indeed. Human. A species composed of multitudes of individuals, each one unique.