Not so long ago in America, people would argue about how to act on facts. Now, we argue about the facts. When it was proven that cigarettes are a carcinogen, we put warning labels on the package. Speed limit signs are along your route on Interstate 95 because regulating speed makes us all safer. Believe it or not, there was once an argument about whether seatbelts or child car seats were needed to save lives. In all those instances and others, the facts were the decider, and even the opponents set aside their feelings. It sounds insulting to call Trump supporters cultists, but when you ignore facts, are self-humiliating, and relinquish the ability of independent thought, I have no other word for it.
Pundits and financial experts told the world of an impending United States recession well into the first two years of the Biden Administration. The speculation was not if it would happen; but when it would happen. Manufacturing construction is on the upswing, inflation has cooled, GDP is outpacing all expectations, and the United States leads the world in COVID-19 recovery. Feelings overshadow facts in poll after poll, with people saying the country is headed in the wrong direction. The perpetual question of Joe Biden’s age, despite not one proven instance of a significant policy affected by his advanced years, permeates every story.
Republicans would have you believe that the “crisis” at the border is existential but refuse to accept a bill addressing the problem because it will give Joe Biden a win. “Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,”said Representative Troy Nehls (R-TX).The GOP effort to scare the American people about the black and brown menace backfired spectacularly a week ago. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) wrote in an X post of New York City crime rate and Joe Biden, [I] Hope @JoeBidenenjoyed going out for ice cream in NYC while the rest of the city is afraid of crime and migrants. Despite Republicans painting “liberal cities” as hotbeds of rape and murder, empirically, New York City has become one of the safest places in America, but don’t let facts get in the way of one’s feelings.
The Hill, a right-leaning publication, wrote that in 2020, eight of the ten highest murder rates were in red states. Mississippi led the way with a rate three times that of California and four times higher than New York, purportedly the bluest state in America. It also cannot be lost that homicide rates were 40 percent higher in the 25 states that former President Donald Trump won compared to the 25 won by current President Joe Biden. So, the feeling that Donald Trump and gun-toting red states are safer, held by conservatives, flies in the face of facts. So, in the next news report of the world on fire and Joe Biden too old to lead, ask for some facts; that may soothe your feelings.
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