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In reply to the discussion: Is it me or do folks here seem somewhat ranty of late? [View all]TwilightZone
(25,517 posts)DU is great for what it is, but we put much too much emphasis on the opinions of talking heads, even allegedly "expert" ones, to form our expectations. When we're told repeatedly that this is a slam dunk (Laurence Tribe) or that the SC has no choice but to allow the CO ruling to stand (several "experts" on MSNBC, plus a lot of celebrity "experts" on social media), it's not really surprising when reality arrives and it's not what we were told, and we kind of lose our minds.
They're partly to blame, but it's really on us. Outside of that bubble, nearly everyone was saying this was the longest of long shots. I went into this with highly-tempered expectations -- I presumed a loss but thought there would be some dissent -- and even those tempered expectations might have been a bit too lofty.