I think they pushed the Overton window too fast, so they're losing a plurality of the people who used to accept the legacy media as mainline 'truth.' (This includes me; I was brought up Blue Tribe.)
I do wonder what the urgency is on their part, because a slower boil would have kept more frogs in the cooking pot (which would have been 'ideal' for their side.)
I suspect the urgency is due to the older generation of neo-Maoists pushing the culture war for political reasons being replaced by younger 'true-believer' types who adhere to intersectionality as a religion.
If my supposition is correct, it means that the acceleration isn't a rational stratagem, but rather a natural consequence of the left's center-of-mass politically tilting towards the Progressive zealot's PoV. They are overreaching precisely because they believe it's a moral imperative to proselytize and convert/destroy their opposition. 'Silence is violence' and a totalitarian approach to morality inevitably follows. 'Either you suck the feminine penis or you go against the wall.'
That would mean that the media has essentially lost control of the Progressive golem's thought processes. The mask is has come loose and more and more people realize what the left is about. In attempting to direct Progressives, they need to appeal to the narrative-- the way things 'should' be, per Progressive morality-- more than what actually is.
As the narrative moves past people, those of us getting turned about in the wake of the leftward movement are left to piece together how to respond. Some will flail, but more and more will come to the conclusion that the left needs to be stopped and won't accept the messaging & framing of the Legacy Media. Welcome to the 'post-truth era.' It turns out to be a spiritual battle for the soul of the West.
I think they pushed the Overton window too fast, so they're losing a plurality of the people who used to accept the legacy media as mainline 'truth.' (This includes me; I was brought up Blue Tribe.)
These polls agree but the reported threshold is just different. So it's not Overton window unless it shifted exactly so much as to drop off Republicans and keep all Democrats.
Really it's Tribalism. Democrat trust shot up 20 points immediately after 2016 and the reason is intolerant liberals purged out "nazi" coworkers. Media was I believe roughly 2/3 D and 1/3 R before that and then was 95% D and 5% R shortly after Trump.
Give an example from NPR, Tom Ashbrook hosted On Point since 2002 -- fired 2017 due to intolerant liberal staff member. It's not clear what his political opinions are, but he interned with a Republican senator and by NPR standards he's far right. Under him, On Point would have episodes critical of mainstream narratives and immediately once he was gone it was all Democrat party line propaganda.
Or put another way, Overton Window is what's acceptable to the public. What shifted was what's acceptable to publish. People still find trannies disgusting, but you can't say that or so many other things in media and that's why nobody trusts them.
I think that's precisely it that the Overton window scarcely includes anything conservative. The Official conservatives can barely differ with the Democrats on the fundamentals. If a man says he's a woman, he's a woman. That's what the official conservative position is. And I don't know how many actual conservatives think that.
Truly conservative takes are unpublishable by MSM.
Wuh-wuh-wuh-why won’t Americans accept a constantly wrong/lying propaganda machine as absolute truth anymore?
I think they pushed the Overton window too fast, so they're losing a plurality of the people who used to accept the legacy media as mainline 'truth.' (This includes me; I was brought up Blue Tribe.)
I do wonder what the urgency is on their part, because a slower boil would have kept more frogs in the cooking pot (which would have been 'ideal' for their side.)
I suspect the urgency is due to the older generation of neo-Maoists pushing the culture war for political reasons being replaced by younger 'true-believer' types who adhere to intersectionality as a religion.
If my supposition is correct, it means that the acceleration isn't a rational stratagem, but rather a natural consequence of the left's center-of-mass politically tilting towards the Progressive zealot's PoV. They are overreaching precisely because they believe it's a moral imperative to proselytize and convert/destroy their opposition. 'Silence is violence' and a totalitarian approach to morality inevitably follows. 'Either you suck the feminine penis or you go against the wall.'
That would mean that the media has essentially lost control of the Progressive golem's thought processes. The mask is has come loose and more and more people realize what the left is about. In attempting to direct Progressives, they need to appeal to the narrative-- the way things 'should' be, per Progressive morality-- more than what actually is.
As the narrative moves past people, those of us getting turned about in the wake of the leftward movement are left to piece together how to respond. Some will flail, but more and more will come to the conclusion that the left needs to be stopped and won't accept the messaging & framing of the Legacy Media. Welcome to the 'post-truth era.' It turns out to be a spiritual battle for the soul of the West.
At least "Fair" amount of trust in Mass Media (Gallup):
At least "Some" trust (Pew):
These polls agree but the reported threshold is just different. So it's not Overton window unless it shifted exactly so much as to drop off Republicans and keep all Democrats.
Really it's Tribalism. Democrat trust shot up 20 points immediately after 2016 and the reason is intolerant liberals purged out "nazi" coworkers. Media was I believe roughly 2/3 D and 1/3 R before that and then was 95% D and 5% R shortly after Trump.
Give an example from NPR, Tom Ashbrook hosted On Point since 2002 -- fired 2017 due to intolerant liberal staff member. It's not clear what his political opinions are, but he interned with a Republican senator and by NPR standards he's far right. Under him, On Point would have episodes critical of mainstream narratives and immediately once he was gone it was all Democrat party line propaganda.
Or put another way, Overton Window is what's acceptable to the public. What shifted was what's acceptable to publish. People still find trannies disgusting, but you can't say that or so many other things in media and that's why nobody trusts them.
I think that's precisely it that the Overton window scarcely includes anything conservative. The Official conservatives can barely differ with the Democrats on the fundamentals. If a man says he's a woman, he's a woman. That's what the official conservative position is. And I don't know how many actual conservatives think that.
Truly conservative takes are unpublishable by MSM.