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Nerd By Northwest #247 – “Hiding from the Woke Mob”
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Cam may be exaggerating the inauguration a bit, but not by much. Hearing things like "I mean, those lights that are just shooting out from the Lincoln Memorial along the Reflecting Pool, it is like almost extensions of Joe Biden’s arms embracing America” from a journalist at one of the top news outlets shows how absurd the narrative crafting has become. Yeah I'm happy we have less of Trump to deal with too, but dang... hearing things like that from what's supposed to be an "objective journalist" is just cringe.
That said this really isn't that new. They may be turning the volume up to 11 this time, but US inaugurations (as well as certain other governmental ceremonies) have always had an almost religious, sacred feel to the ceremony. It's understandable, as there's a lot of psychological power in ritual. Prof C.J. from the Dangerous History Podcast refers to it as America's "civil religion" (http://profcj.org/ep214/). And when you hear politicians refer to the January 6th riot at Capital Hill as "violating the sanctity of the peoples' capital", it's not hard to see why. Once you see it in this light, the ridiculous rise of Trump as president and the current media narrative of the new administration makes a lot of sense. Religion is a hell of a drug... 😏
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