Good(?) people

So David Lynch said a thing about Donald Trump, conspiracy media pus sac Alex Jones shared these words as if they represented support for Trump, clickbait normal media jumped on it and trigger happy champs immediately began with the hot takes about David Lynch the nasty out of touch old white man. Put aside what Lynch said for now, it doesn't even matter. Too many people are taking their cues from mentally ill conspiracy theorist/white supremacist niche moron media because mainstream media are so wedded to clickbait that they will happily amplify the lie that a popular artist kinda sorta supports fascism. 

And mainstream media are now reporting on this stage of the out of control situation they helped create, but are being very careful to leave the clickbaitness intact. One thing mainstream media doesn't do is criticism of their incredibly dangerous business model. Another thing they do is make money. They will talk about anything surrounding what Lynch actually said, but not the core of it. If you want analysis of everything but an actual problem (or solution), mainstream media is your endless source of delicious bullshit.

“He could go down as one of the greatest presidents in history because he has disrupted the thing so much. No one is able to counter this guy in an intelligent way.” While Trump may not be doing a good job himself, Lynch thinks, he is opening up a space where other outsiders might. “Our so-called leaders can’t take the country forward, can’t get anything done. Like children, they are. Trump has shown all this.”

That's what David Lynch said in an interview. I can see how far right crazies could read that as support, but anyone else might want to slow down and read at a slightly more leisurely pace just for fun. Shitstorms of opinion like this are why I rarely scroll through my Facebook feed. Living in a world of righteous outpourings based on outright lies are why I am an activist type in the first place. 

Full disclosure: I am hugely inspired by David Lynch's work and I have no idea what any of it means. 
   





   


  

 

 

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