The Right has been calling the Left “woke” for the last couple of years. They do this even though they are unable to define the term itself. I believe it has 2 definitions that apply simultaneously. The first is that you don’t believe in what I believe in. For example, one person that is anti-LGBTQ will call a pro-LGBTQ person “woke” because their beliefs differ. The second is racist. “You are woke because you support political correctness.” This last statement is code for “I want to live in a white Christian American but I’m not allowed to say that our loud.”

As I read the papers today, I see Tucker Carlson hates Trump and thinks that Joe Biden won the election. He also says just the opposite on TV because, according to Fox owner Rupert Murdock, that’s where the money is. People will watch if Fox supports Trump nonsense. The greater the audience, the greater the ad revenue.

Trump started the rumor that he was going to be arrested yesterday. Online, the top 2 comments about this were: (1) Which of his multiple crimes is he going to be arrested for and (2) Is it possible that Trump will be tried as an adult?

Trump supporters start calling the United States a “police state” because they are arresting a man that they like for crimes he is believed to have committed. Gym Jordan, yesterday, called Trump’s payoff to a porn star an “accounting error.”

The Republicans are investigating Hunter Biden. I have no problem with this. If he committed a crime, he should do the time. However, when one of the investigating Republicans was questioned about this, they admitted they had found no criminal activity thus far but would continue to investigate until they found something. By this logic, every person in the country could be subjected to an investigation.

There is so much hypocrisy/duplicity in the Republican Party, I no longer try to keep track. Corruption is their brand. I see nothing to contradict this and evidence daily to support it.

I have also discovered, sort of, the reason that there are any Republican supporters out there.

Here it is: Back in the 70s, McDonald’s introduced the Quarter Pounder. Not to be outdone, Burger King introduced the 1/3 pounder. Burger King’s offering failed because a large portion of the American public believed that a 1/3 pound burger was smaller than a 1/4 pound burger. This is why we have Republicans.

There is significant evidence that the more educated you are, the more you know, and the less likely you are to vote Republican.

I bring this up because the problem isn’t Tucker Carlson or Fox news. These are instances of people taking advantage of the market. It’s like blaming an umbrella maker on the rain. There is going to be rain. The umbrella maker is just capitalizing on this.

If Fox news and Carlson disappeared, their replacements would start competing for that slice of the market the very next day. Why? Because there is money in it.

Thus, the problem is not the media. The problem is with the consumers of that media. People seek out someone telling them what they want to be true, even in the face of contrary evidence.

So, when your neighbor tells you he/she votes Republican, you know you are looking at a sponsor of a fascist form of government. They would certainly deny this because they won’t think of it this way. They think they are following the truth.

They will say, I vote Republican because I always have. They won’t say, I support a racist based political party because I am secretly racist. They can’t see that far. Once they have their desired beliefs confirmed, they stop inquiring about the truth.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim