Enduring Political Pestilence

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Enduring Political Pestilence

What are the consequences of social media being used as a weapon for more than a decade? A Pew research center study of “cancel culture” attributed nearly double the amount of Democrats believed online “accountability” was justified. “Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to say that, in general, calling people out on social media for posting offensive content holds them accountable...but only 32% of Democrats – Believe this type of action generally punishes people who didn’t deserve it.”i A majority advocated for such methods despite that some undeserving Democrats would likely suffer in the ideological crossfire. Several Democratic leaders embraced the online marginalization of political opponents and rejected principles which once afforded them greater public trust…

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Manifest Malice

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Manifest Malice

Just months after a small minority of fringe voices within America praised illegal attacks targeting its next president, a rich and influential business leader was murdered on the streets of New York. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was allegedly killed by twenty-six year old Luigi Mangione. The victim was a white, wealthy, male, and the resulting praise for his death and assailant has been quite something to behold. Several people across the country have supported this brazen vigilante crime. Mangione has quickly gathered admirers and supporters akin to other infamous criminals such as Charles Manson or Ted Bundy. I wonder if his victim had been a woman of a different cultural background would these supporters feel differently? Weeks later a female teenager would carry out the thirty-ninth school shooting within the United States this year…

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