I understand what you are saying, but it seems to be more prevalent now.
Take for instance, in our youths, the Boys Scouts, Little Leagues, etc., weren't full of leftist doctrine, and still as a bulwark against those that espoused it.
Now they are no differnet.
@GrouchoTex While that's true, it means little - NASCAR sullied itself and I moved on. It changed, and I didn't. NFL and NBA are doing much the same - Guess what? They are sullied. Their audience is leaving. The same goes for boy scouts and little leagues.
The trust these liberal mongers rely upon is branding, and branding in its own right is so sullied that folks don't pay it no mind. No one is listening. They take something over thinking they will make prey of loyalties. But it does not work for long. Look at Fox News. You mess with the recipe, folks walk off, just like New Coke.
I used to be hard core Chevy... Hard core Chicago Pneumatic. Hard core SnapOn. GE, Maytag, Milwaulkee, BF Goodrich... the list goes on and on and on.,. In EVERYTHING. That loyalty only can suffer so much when the company quits living up to the standard that is expected. And I don't believe in any of them anymore. I will move on, and so does everyone else.
Better now? Perhaps, but only for those paying attention to the talk radio and podcast of those folks you mention, like us political junkies.
Too many people still get there news from MSM sources.
I don't think that's true. Not anymore. Cable has been suffering 20% losses nearly every quarter. So are newspapers. How long can that go on (quartered every quarter) and still retain influence? It's all built of paper already. There is real and serious competition in the field of ideas. Everyone doesn't just trust in Paul Harvey and Andy Rooney anymore.
It's in flux. and the flux sucks. But there is now real and detectable reason for hope that the truth will out.
And as an aside, I am not a political junkie. I have no loyalties there either. I am far more concerned with things within the reach of my arm, where I can see my effect. I read very little of it anymore. I spend some time here when I am at my bench, but most of my life is well away from politics and will entirely remain so. My interest is in truth and in Conservatism. That is the only flag I will rally to. That is what I will fight for. Politics is pablum. A Fugue for the Tinhorns -a song so aptly named. MEH.
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