Many conservatives and MAGA folks have been hyper focused on wokeism over the last few years and calling it the most destructive thing the left and the media have perpetrated on America. But Greg Gutfeld has a different idea on what stands as the left’s worst attack on America, and we have to admit he has a point.
Gutfeld is not discounting wokeism, granted. But he thinks something else was even more insidious.
“The most destructive movement of the last ten years wasn’t just wokeism. it was the media’s lockstep anti-Trumpism,” he wrote in a Dec. 31 X post.
“Think about all the horrible decisions related to the biggest calamities we faced. They were excused or denied by the media, because of their irrational opposition to Trump,” he wrote.
The biggest examples:
-Crime. if you admitted that progressive policies energized criminality and cost many innocent lives – that would put you on the side of Trump. So, you can’t do that, decides the media. So, theft and violence became routine. Recidivism exploded.
-Immigration. If you admitted that unfettered illegal immigration stressed all our country’s systems, as well as introducing more violent crime – that would put you on the side of Trump. You can’t do that – decides the media. So, it kept going, and people died.
-Covid. If you admitted that Covid came from China, likely a lab leak – then you were on the side of Trump. So, you can’ do that either – that would be racist, said the media. Instead, we embraced absurd notions about bat soup.
-Biden. If you admitted he was unfit for office, and reported on it honestly – you were siding with Trump. So, you can’t do that – in fact – you must say that Joe is better than ever, and those who disagree are cruel, ending up with a rudderless country sinking in chaos.
Gutfeld went on, writing, “Looking back – it’s obvious. A mass delusion driven by bitterness, ego and an emotional infantilism brought this country to the brink.”
“So, when the media starts hitting the panic button, laugh at them. They caused this mess. We’ll clean it up. They no longer matter,” he concluded.
the most destructive movement of the last ten years wasn't just wokism. it was the media's lockstep anti-trumpism. think about all the horrible decisions related to the biggest calamities we faced. they were excused or denied by the media, because of their irrational opposition…
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) December 31, 2024
While wokeism is most certainly a horrible scourge on America, Gutfeld is right that the left and the media’s insane hatred of Trump was so bad that it made them turn off any attempt to use logic and common sense, or to rely of reality, facts, and truth in their reactions and reporting.
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