Media bias and Jimmy Carter…
...is all you guys bitch about. Any problems, real or perceived, when the going gets rough, can often be couched in various places. Popular scapegoats include: democrats from deep history, the commie-infiltrated or subdued or conditioned masses, the biased media, the biased education system, and so on.
Implicit here an arm-waving at the idea that the right-wing outlets are not-biased or, barring that strong language, more objective than the MSM. Some (such as el Rushbo) laud their bias as a bullshit or truth ‘detector’, or some such thing. If only they knew how idiotic that idea is. One knows from the getgo that their ‘core’ ideology will never have any problematics couched in it. It is purely error-proof, the rigid foundation on which they stand. All errors, mishaps, bad upshots are deflected away from this ideology. One finds the exact same thing on the far left.
There is a certain, old version of conservativism that is pluralistic. It acknowledges that many different sorts of people will stand on many different sorts of foundations. The only method this conservativism apologizes for is variety. The understanding is that people are different and that variety gives an advantage, when it is time to deal with new complications. Imagine running a company where everyone knew the same stuff, interpreted everything the same way, and so on. The R&R meetings, the brainstorming sessions, would be abysmal. Interaction among one’s employees would be useless. Uniformity becomes the problematic.
We often hear cries that the commie left is about to impose this upon us. These cries are juxtaposed with epithets about what is patriotic, what it is to be an American. Neither the right or the left has one wit of reflexivity left. How they take themselves seriously is beyond me. The excuse making, the preservation of their ‘cores’, has become entirely neurotic. No one will admit blame, error, etc. Bush has failed because he wasn’t really a conservative. McCain failed for the same reason.
We are wondering when the right, the left, the MSM, the alternative medias, etc. are going to gain enough awareness and reflexive ability to fess up to reality, admit when problems arise, respect plurality (and acknowledge one’s biases), and take responsibility like normal adults.
