One of the biggest things that pisses me off about the current, and really long-standing conservative narrative, is how they try to market themselves as the underdogs.
They get a HUGE assist from the very same “liberal media” the far right attacks all the time. For decades. That’s because the “liberal media” never really was a thing. They are the same picture, just on different points on the spectrum that’s almost all on the right.
Sure, a few outlets allowed, or did allow, a few things that acted as release valves. Like a few identity politics things, or satire that pokes fun of conservatives. But that’s mostly on the margins.
When it comes to narratives - the one that has been hilarious to me, but they’ve been pitching it since at least the 90s is that they are the true counter-culture (the 60s still really pisses off conservatives, even ones that were born long after the 60s).
They get a HUGE assist from the very same “liberal media” the far right attacks all the time. For decades. That’s because the “liberal media” never really was a thing. They are the same picture, just on different points on the spectrum that’s almost all on the right.
Sure, a few outlets allowed, or did allow, a few things that acted as release valves. Like a few identity politics things, or satire that pokes fun of conservatives. But that’s mostly on the margins.
When it comes to narratives - the one that has been hilarious to me, but they’ve been pitching it since at least the 90s is that they are the true counter-culture (the 60s still really pisses off conservatives, even ones that were born long after the 60s).
If they hated the 60’s counterculture they don’t wanna see what counterculture we’re gonna make