Saturday, May 13, 2023

A Jewish journalist takes sides in America’s ‘slow civil war’

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-jewish-journalist-takes-sides-in-americas-slow-civil-war/

It’s a familiar story of an America on the edge, but Sharlet adds the perspective of a journalist who has long covered religion. He was among the first to note that Trump rallies were less political events than religious revivals. And like many religions, he says, Trumpism is resistant to the kinds of “civil discourse” that many people propose as an antidote to polarization.

“We cannot fact-check a myth, right?” Sharlet told me in a video interview from his home in Vermont. “It’s not going to work to say, ‘That’s not true.’”

2 comments:

  1. Sorry didn't realize you were actually concerned about the "dominance "Sanders has over the Democratic party and that you are one of the few people who takes him seriously

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  2. He wants me to believe that there is such a thing as queer non-binariness and then writes a book about politicians being less than truthful?

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