Rachel Maddow, there's nothing remotely amusing about Trump. By Hal M. Brown
I intended to write about my negative reaction to some of the hosts and guests on MSNBC laughing or expressing any kind of amusement when they talk about Trump or his minions. I don't want to pick on Rachel Maddow in particular, but she seems to be the worst offender. Others like Lawrence O'Donnell, Michelle Wallace, and Ali Velshi report on Trump and what he is doing with gravity. But Rachel seem to have a kind of nervous reaction sometimes, not all of the time, when she laughs or chuckles when reporting on Trump and his cadre.
Then I saw this on BlueSky.
I skimmed the article in The Independent (here), and made this reply on BlueSky:
There is nothing remotely amusing about Trump and about what he is doing. He is hell-bent on turning the country into a ruthless dictatorship as soon as possible. Nobody on MSNBC should crack a smile when they talk about him even if they are reporting on some of his faux pas.
Trump just admitted he watches Rachel Maddow and that what she says it getting to him.
I am open to considering that Rachel's approach is acceptable just because, however she comes across, she gets under Trump's thin skin. I measure this possiblity against how it effects her audience. I think of the impact Walter Chronkite had when he came out against the VietNam War.
It is time for Rachel to say she isn't going to crack so much as a hint of a smile until the menace of MAGA is gone.
I think the peril of Trump will begin to sink in. It may take more reporting on children cowering in fear and crying when ICE agents manhandle their parents who are in chains when they are loaded onto airplanes.
Trump hates not to be taken seriously. I am not suggesting he shouldn't be mocked, at least not yet. However, this should be left to late night comics, but I anticpate a time when even they will realize there is nothing left about him to make fun of.
Cartoonists often mock their subjects but before long I will see them drawing images like this published featuring Hitler.
People need relief from their worries about what is happening to our country. They need to find things to distract them from their anxiety. This is healthy. But they also should learn to accept that their way of life, their very freedom not to live in fear of the government, is in dire jeopardy. It is counter-productive if they see people on MSNBC ,and perhaps CNN, trying to make light of what Trump and his minions are doing.
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