There is one thing that we all (I think) can/should agree on. And that one thing is that we want to see the left get their collective @sses kicked good and plenty (about damned time). Right? If Trump is the vehicle through which that much-deserved kick is delivered....
that's a good thing. Right???
It depends. You can't give up your long term values for short term success.
If we cheer the left getting their 'collective asses kicked' in the realm of media and information, but that comes from just swinging the propaganda pendulum far the other direction, where truth, rationalism, and people critically analyzing everything they read and see are replaced by propaganda that just manipulates and reinforces what they want to believe, we haven't won anything other than an emotional, short-term victory.
Our goal shouldn't be 'kicking the collective asses of the left', our goal should be the truth. If it results in kicking their asses, great. If it results in those on the left and right both getting their asses kicked and exposed, just as great if they are both equally causing the problem of degrading the truth. If the left happens to be right on something, it shouldn't be rejected because they are on the left. If the right happens to be wrong on something, it shouldn't be accepted simply because they are on the right.
This isn't a football game where you root for your team.
This is a quote from an article I posted last night.
"All of us, liberal, conservative, or otherwise, must be willing to abandon partisan loyalty in favor of logically considering the information presented to us. With photographs, as with all information, audiences should be skeptical. But knowing how to analyze images is critical to the future of our democracy."