The Racist Tweets

In the interest of clicks, I am going to write about the Racist Tweet, explain how it is not racist, as well as how it only really matters to the media.

It is my aspiration to be a moderate that does not read the news, so that is the approach I will be attempting.

As someone who does not read the news or follow politics, as far as I can tell, the timeline of this controversy is as follows: Nancy Pelosi criticized Alex Cortes about something, maybe tweeting instead of focusing on passing legislation, something like that. The point is that the Democrats are tired of Progressives and attempting to separate themselves. Alex Cortes tweeted back something snarky. President Trump inserted himself into the digital boxing ring without provocation because he does stuff like that and always has. He made a statement (without tagging anyone) to the extent of ‘if you hate this country so much you should leave.’ He never mentioned race; the Congresswomen did because they are obsessed with race. Nancy Pelosi came to their defense probably because these Congresswomen have a very loud following. (The actual size of this loud following is debatable.) Yesterday, Trump was talking about manufacturing at a press conference somewhere when some screechy journalists interrupted his speech to ask him about White Supremacy. Today, these Congresswomen surprised no one when they said they want to impeach the ‘WH occupant.’

Politics is supposed to be boring, not stupid. This story is not for the C-SPAN watcher. This story is for stupid people who don’t read news stories about the government that most affects their lives: the local government. It is for the people that read headlines instead of history books and think that makes them informed, or ‘woke’. It is for milennial social media addicts whose only interest in politics are the Congresswomen who act more like clout chasing social media influencers than elected leaders. (Nancy Pelosi made a good point there.) It focuses on petty infighting between nationally known politicians and the mean things they say to one another. It is reality TV. (Remember only the President was an actual reality TV star.) It isn’t politics, it is just political.

For instance, these Congresswomen have convinced themselves that they care about the plight of migrants. They demonstrate this by complaining on social media. If they really cared about migrants they would avoid politics altogether; politics is notorious for taking too long. They could be saintly and selfless in their quest to save migrants, and do the dirty work that the media purposefully ignores. Instead they chase clout by making inflammatory remarks comparing the border centers to concentration camps. That only demonstrates that they hate America for humanely and reasonably enforcing its laws.

The President tells them that they should leave if they hate America so much, and they call him racist because they are a different race (and party. and ideology) than he is. His tweet made no mention of race! At worst, he implied that places like Somalia are poorly run, to be as generous as possible.

The media is doing a very good job if a couple of no-name Congresswomen from across the country become household names for one day. It means that people are watching and listening to them; they are getting paid and controlling minds. Such idiotic name calling is media bait, and every one of the politicians involved in this internet flame war know this! Trump only became involved in this Democratic scuffle because he knows this. It helped him win the presidency after all. All politicians chase clout like YouTubers. It is a job requirement.

Alex Cortez, Donald Trump and Ilan Omar are just characters in the minds of people with lives of their own. The media exploits this simulated familiarity and turns a tweet into news. The media needs to report on something.

Even underground political junkies with YouTube followings will talk about how this tweet exchange is going to change the political landscape. Us normal citizens will have to wait over a year to see how. Let’s all pay attention to something else in the meantime.