I really resent the idea that standing up for the rule of law

[JHB]

44. What's wrong with us? Well, on one side there's an interlocking, highly redundant...

...messaging system that beats a drum 24/7 that Democrats and liberals are criminally corrupt baby-killing socialists that want to take everything from "hard-working real Americans" and give it to darker-skinned people. That if the Democrats and liberals ran the country without absolute die-hard resistance, the US would drive straight into the ground: the mildest version would resemble mid-70s high-tax, high-inflation stagnancy, the more deliciously-depicted darker version paints a vision that can only be described as "The Peoples' Republic of Escape From New York".

Hours-long harangues, all day if you count the tag-teaming of different hosts, on cable, on radio, on internet sites, all of whom are pushing an agenda and don't give a rat's ass about facts. If bullshitting moves people in the direction they want, then bullshit it is, fast and deep. All going out to every corner of the country over thousands of outlets.

Countering that is... as close to bupkis as you can get without actually being there. Liberal and Democratically-leaning centrists don't fund media in any consistent fashion. When they do, it's often preaching-to-the-choir stunts like Tom Steyer's billboards. Mainstream media, after decades of pressure from conservatives, reflexively adopt conservative framing to avoid the appearance of "liberal bias". In the alleged "liberal media", how many actual liberals do you see, and how many are able to talk at length?

It creates the background radiation that create the mantra you note.