tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post9172162714413187600..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Who Is Violating Democratic Norms?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-70251150734367578562019-10-05T14:26:21.783-07:002019-10-05T14:26:21.783-07:00Stephen Hunter called it "the narrative."...Stephen Hunter called it "the narrative."<br /><br />"Let me tell you what's going on, and why this one is so touchy. We are fighting the narrative. You do not fight the narrative. The narrative will destroy you. The narrative is all-powerful. The narrative rules. It rules us, it rules Washington, it rules everything. Now ask me, 'What is the narrative?'<br /><br /><br />"What is the narrative?"<br /><br /><br />"The narrative is the set of assumptions the press believes in, possibly without even knowing that it believes in them. It's so powerful because it's unconscious. It's not like they get together every morning and decide 'These are the lies we tell today.' No, that would be too crude and honest. Rather, it's a set of casual, nonrigorous assumptions about a reality they've never really experienced that's arranged in such a way as to reinforce their best and most ideal presumptions about themselves and their importance to the system and the way they have chosen to live their lives. It's a way of arranging things a certain way they all believe in without ever really addressing carefully. It permeates their whole culture. They know, for example, that Bush is a moron and Obama a saint. ... And the narrative is the bedrock of their culture, the keystone of their faith, the alter of their church. They don't even know they're true believers, because in theory they despise the true believer in anything. "<br />UbuMaccabeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79457505930906223412019-10-05T10:47:21.630-07:002019-10-05T10:47:21.630-07:00There are democratic norms, and then there are Dem...There are democratic norms, and then there are Democrat "norms",Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com