The trouble with alienating Middle America

[TBoneTX 45,571]

This absolutely nails a whole bunch of points.

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The trouble with alienating Middle America

Jane Stannus - January 11, 2021 - 10:22 AM

 

You've got to admire the left.  Granted, they own the internet, the media, the courts (apparently) and now the government, so it's not like they're working against insurmountable odds.  But still, it's remarkable that they've managed to achieve the seemingly impossible: uniting America.  [...]

 

Continues here:   https://spectator.us/alienating-middle-america-capitol/  

 

[Orangesapples 1,954]

Last I checked, the Supreme Court has a conservative majority but somehow the left owns the courts? 

[TBoneTX 45,571]

SCOTUS = one court; other courts = the rest

[laylalex 7,293]

Wait, what were all those hundreds of federal judges Trump got confirmed for then or have they all been perverted into liberals? Like, did they get the liberal cooties from sitting on the bench with the others?

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Some courts are still overbalanced.

Ninth Circuit only recently came close to evening out.

Now, how about a larger discussion of the original article?

[millefleur 5,047]

Is it only middle America that feels alienated? I feel like most people feel pretty alienated right now....or is it just me?

[Ban Hammer 13,421]

28 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Is it only middle America that feels alienated? I feel like most people feel pretty alienated right now....or is it just me?

et feels very alienated....

[TBoneTX 45,571]

20 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

et feels very alienated....

I remember when Mr. T was guest-host on Saturday Night Live or somewhere else.  In his scene, he knocked on a door, then said, "Hi!  I'm Mr. T.  I'm here lookin' for my boy -- E!"

[millefleur 5,047]

Took my car to get a flat tire fixed, this is what they had posted up in the waiting area under the TV....some proof us city folk are also kind of up to here with politics right now, doesn't matter what side you're on.

 

[Dashinka 24,629]

9 hours ago, millefleur said:

Is it only middle America that feels alienated? I feel like most people feel pretty alienated right now....or is it just me?

I agree.  Considering how many folks are directly represented by a House member, and our current partisan two Party system, I imagine there are a lot of folks that feel alienated all over the country.

[yuna628 9,686]

12 hours ago, millefleur said:

Took my car to get a flat tire fixed, this is what they had posted up in the waiting area under the TV....some proof us city folk are also kind of up to here with politics right now, doesn't matter what side you're on.

 

My husband actually has this continuing problem in college. The administrators wanted the TVs set up with sports TVs and News TV. So of course he followed orders. I sat for a while to observe things one day, and found everyone was getting very agitated and drained in mood when the News was on. They simply didn't feel comfortable no matter the channel and of course only a section of persons were interested in sports talk. I suggested why don't they have the media department create their own content to put on the TV like other colleges but they are too cheap to try it. Eventually it became a huge problem and the kids wanted a specific news network - they took a poll and wanted CNN. CNN went on. But then they had the staff that started getting belligerent because they only wanted FOX.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

5 hours ago, yuna628 said:

My husband actually has this continuing problem in college. The administrators wanted the TVs set up with sports TVs and News TV. So of course he followed orders. I sat for a while to observe things one day, and found everyone was getting very agitated and drained in mood when the News was on. They simply didn't feel comfortable no matter the channel and of course only a section of persons were interested in sports talk. I suggested why don't they have the media department create their own content to put on the TV like other colleges but they are too cheap to try it. Eventually it became a huge problem and the kids wanted a specific news network - they took a poll and wanted CNN. CNN went on. But then they had the staff that started getting belligerent because they only wanted FOX.

 

  When we have issues at work, I just pull the cable out of the wall. That solves the problem for about 90% of the people.

Edited January 13, 2021 by Steeleballz