Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith"Perhaps the greatest weakness we have on the right is that we think we are engaged in a political war.
Nothing could be farther from the truth - we're engaged in a cultural war.
If the culture can be changed, politics will follow.
As an example, I am watching our local morning news and in a cut to the CBS national news for a coronavirus update, the reporterette uncritically reported that "Trump delayed and downplayed the pandemic for weeks, worsening its effects" as if it was God's honest truth.
At best, that's an opinion and at worst, it is just a lie that has been adopted as an article of faith by the left and NeverTrumpers.
But more and more, this is being entered into our collective consciousness as a proven fact.
No timelines, no coverage of what the "experts" or media were saying at the same time, no explanation of why, no "some experts say", just presented as objective fact.
This is how the culture gets changed - how through repetition, an opinion becomes a "fact".
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As an example, I am watching our local morning news and in a cut to the CBS national news for a coronavirus update, the reporterette uncritically reported that "Trump delayed and downplayed the pandemic for weeks, worsening its effects" as if it was God's honest truth.
At best, that's an opinion and at worst, it is just a lie that has been adopted as an article of faith by the left and NeverTrumpers.
But more and more, this is being entered into our collective consciousness as a proven fact.
No timelines, no coverage of what the "experts" or media were saying at the same time, no explanation of why, no "some experts say", just presented as objective fact.
This is how the culture gets changed - how through repetition, an opinion becomes a "fact".
(Read the comments!)
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