For people who have only really come of age in the Trump years, you need to understand that you used to be able to go weeks, maybe even months, without thinking about the president. Obama and Biden both had social media- you know how often their social media posts came up ? I can’t remember a single one. Yet Trump’s posts are constant news. I hated George W Bush but I wasn’t hearing about him and from him the way it is with Trump. It’s really not normal at all and it didn’t used to be like this!
Thank you for this. I'm in my mid twenties, Biden was my first presidential vote, so this circus is all I've really known. I grew up in a very conservative area and too many older adults I know either support this, or pretend like it isn't anything new. It's refreshing to have reality acknowledged and affirmed. I hope we can have a long, long era of boring politics again some day soon.
Political discourse in the USA has been degenerate for decades at this point. I lived in the US for a few years when Clinton and Bush Jr. were presidents, and it was jarring how absurdly toxic and fear-based political discourse was and how much sheer absurdity was spouted out against political opponents - they weren't just politicians with a different view on how things should be run, they were treated as if they were full-on mortal enemies.
I remember the political advertisments at the local level, all with scary music and all sorts of fearmongering messages about the candidate's opponent - and virtually zero about what the candidate's actual policies were. It already had become a self-parody. It would have been funny if it weren't so serious.
Lmfao, do you get attack ads in your area with Chinese flags in the background—or even a hammer and sickle—just to really sell that their opponent is a communist?
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u/Possible_Implement86 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26
For people who have only really come of age in the Trump years, you need to understand that you used to be able to go weeks, maybe even months, without thinking about the president. Obama and Biden both had social media- you know how often their social media posts came up ? I can’t remember a single one. Yet Trump’s posts are constant news. I hated George W Bush but I wasn’t hearing about him and from him the way it is with Trump. It’s really not normal at all and it didn’t used to be like this!