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I no longer succumb to the emotional response opinions or claims like this try to evoke.

Don't we all remember how worked up we were over the russia collusion story, and the special prosecutor Robert muller...and nothing came of it...and we all forgot about it.

I genuinely feel that the constant exposure to a media that fights for your outrage is the single most dividing factor in our country. It's not a president, its not a Charlie Kirk, its not a Nancy Pelosi. Its a news channel that blasts the worst extreme of an interpretation of a quote into a dedicated story, day in and day out.

We no longer have conversations, in person or online, that don't include a whatsaboutism for every single thing.

What about Charlie kirks assassin, what about the January riots, what about blm riots, what about trumps assassination attempts, what about Nancy Pelosis husband, what about ....

Question the media you consume. Really consider the quality of information you're digesting or if its just a play for an emotional reaction.



> Don't we all remember how worked up we were over the russia collusion story, and the special prosecutor Robert muller...and nothing came of it...and we all forgot about it.

There was a full report and people were convicted of crimes related to the investigation.

Why did you say nothing became of it?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_report


>It's not a president,

Trump has a massive number of followers and constantly posts inflammatory comments on the current political situation.




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