It has been devastating, starting with the daily assault of his campaign and through his presidency. Now we're ever more awash in extremism. It's interesting to use the world "normal" because norms shift and the new situation becomes the norm. (I wrote about shifting baseline syndrome in my last post, it's a thing.)
It has been devastating, starting with the daily assault of his campaign and through his presidency. Now we're ever more awash in extremism. It's interesting to use the world "normal" because norms shift and the new situation becomes the norm. (I wrote about shifting baseline syndrome in my last post, it's a thing.)
None of this is new, however. For a succinct look at where norms in America have been heading the last few decades, here are 14 short comments on how we got here. https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/110989789650647995
Still, I am a barnacle hanging on to hope for dear life. I can't see an alternative.
Thanks for sharing, Laura. Those posts on Mastodon cover a lot of important territory. Definitely encourage others read the thread.