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Rhiannon12866

(205,507 posts) Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:41 AM Jan 2021

The Daily Show: Jon Meacham - Hope for "The Soul of America" in the Tragic Trump Era

"The Soul of America" author Jon Meacham argues that President Trump's demagogic assault on U.S. values will eventually be corrected with the aid of America's "better angels."

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The Daily Show: Jon Meacham - Hope for "The Soul of America" in the Tragic Trump Era (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 OP

This video must be pre-covid, right? No masks of social distancing. brush Jan 2021 #1

Yes, he was in repeats this week so they're resurrecting what they consider relevant interviews Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #2

And by his hair. Meacham mentions "information superhighway"... brush Jan 2021 #3

Yes, he let his hair grow, too - LOL Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #4

brush

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1. This video must be pre-covid, right? No masks of social distancing.

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Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:33 AM

Jan 2021

Rhiannon12866

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2. Yes, he was in repeats this week so they're resurrecting what they consider relevant interviews

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:36 AM

Jan 2021

You can tell since Trevor is sitting at his desk and not wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

brush

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3. And by his hair. Meacham mentions "information superhighway"...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:43 AM

Jan 2021

that term from back in the Y2K days. It actually did turn out to be just that and douche bag trump exploited it to the hilt and sparked an attempted overthrow of the government.

Of course twitter, facebook and the others should've reined him in years ago.

Rhiannon12866

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4. Yes, he let his hair grow, too - LOL

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:53 AM

Jan 2021

And I couldn't agree more that Trump was enabled by the online services (especially Twitter!) since they refused to censor his insane rantings and people took him seriously. And I have to include the news networks in that (obviously Fox, though they're not actually "news" ) since they broadcast anything he said and did, starting with the campaign, in pursuit of ratings.

p.s. And they labeled this "The Daily Show" as opposed to the current "The Daily Social Distancing Show."

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