RW media are setting the stage for the next Republican president to commit mass atrocities...

[Nevilledog]

https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/right-wing-media-are-setting-stage-next-republican-president-commit-mass-atrocities

On September 8, 2015, Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade warned that letting Syrian refugees into the United States would increase the risk of terrorism. The next month, Fox host Bill O’Reilly and contributor Monica Crowley both referred to Syrians migrating to Europe as an “invasion” of the continent. That November, Fox’s Andrea Tantaros argued against accepting Syrian refugees on the grounds that “not all immigrants are created equal.”

In December 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.” Trump exploited two recent tragedies (the terrorist attack in Paris and a shooting in San Bernardino) to justify his anti-Muslim proposal, but right-wing media had been pushing their audience — including Trump himself — in that direction for months.

Slightly more than a year later, in his first week in office, Trump attempted to follow through on his promise and issued the first version of his Muslim ban. The order caused chaos, spurred mass protests, and was an early indicator of the fascistic border policies his administration would enact, including its notorious family separation regime. The feedback loop between right-wing media and Trump was a radicalization engine, and Muslims abroad and other migrants and refugees suffered for it.

A similar dynamic is now at play, as Trump appears once more to be the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and is again issuing hard-right proclamations on immigration — including a pledge to renew and expand the Muslim ban. He has also promised to end birthright citizenship and carry out “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.”

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[KS Toronado]

1. I keep thinking what we should do as a party

is organize protests outside the corporate offices of every MSM outlet that favors P01135809/reQublicans,
shame them into start acting like journalists before Fascism takes over.