So....CBS decided to blackball the James Talerico interview that Stephen Colbert did. Colbert didn't give a crap and put it on his youtube channel. Now, I'm gonna be blunt, if CBS didn't censor this, i wouldn't care. Quite frankly, James Talerico is boring, and I can't stand listening to the guy drone on about religion all the time. We get it, you're liberal AND Christian. Not saying you cant make that work, but as a secular humanist, I kinda WOULD prefer a more secular candidate!
BUT....censoring it is kinda Streisand Effecting the crap out of this. In a way, it's kinda backfiring because it's like, okay, CBS decided they didn't want you to see this. What are they hiding? Well, I'll put it this way. There is a very real chance, at least according to current polling (see the election update from the other day), that the republicans will lose the Texas Senate seat. You heard that right, TEXAS! FRICKING TEXAS is under threat by democrats. Now, do I really believe the dems will seal it? No. Because I've seen texas turn pink quite a few times...and then the result ends up a lot redder than it should be. Texas is a tease for democrats, we all like to get our hopes up that we can flip it, but we never do. if I had to guess, it goes republican by 5-6. The polls say R+1...but again, not like I haven't seen THIS before. I'm just gonna say, dont get your hopes up. Error generally favors republicans there.
It's kinda like pre 2020 Georgia. Like it's always within range, but then it doesnt flip. Will Texas one day become the next Georgia? Sure, demographically it's been shifting left for a while in theory...but then republicans always seem to pull it off anyway, and 2024 showed that dems have a long way to go before we can reliably flip sun belt seats.
Anyway, the GOP is kinda freaking out, and the FCC is applying pressure to networks to try to push them in a conservative direction, and then CBS seems to be trying to go in a conservative direction in general under the Trump administration. So...don't expect fair conservative coverage. It always amuses me liberals freak out about the media trying to suppress mainstream dems...but where were these guys when the dems were suppressing Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang in the 2016/2020 primaries? Corporate media is just crooked. It always has been. it's just more blunt now that Trump is trying to turn us from a two party state to a one party state that it's having a chilling effect on half of the spectrum that WAS considered acceptable. But let's face it, the media always were the gatekeepers, and they always did shut out people they didn't want to talk about. Sometimes this is unintentional. I mean, you can only cover so many stories in so many days. And much like this blog, youre gonna talk about what you wanna talk about. BUT....let's not act like some of it isn't intentional too. And that media doesn't somehow put their finger on the scale to ensure only "acceptable" opinions are properly discussed. People are just getting upset now that their opinions are being pushed out.
I know, I'm being salty, and let's be honest, is this morally okay? no. It isn't. But....I've been calling this crap out for years, and many of the same people crying now were the same people okay with seeing my opinions pushed out of the spectrum during 2016 and 2020. So...I'm just calling that like it is.
Anyway, I encourage people to watch the interview, if only to give a finger to Trump and the right's attempt to censor a perspective they don't like.
And...to be frank...again, it's James Talerico. The whole discussion is about fricking religion and how Christianity influences his politics. I dont endorse his views. People on the left seem amazed by this guy because he's Christian AND left of center. Like wow, how novel! That's also why the right seems to fear him. He might actually be able to flip some Christians to the left. Ya know, blah blah blah.
But again...me personally? Bleh. I just dont vibe with the guy. And yes, I know I sound like an edgy reddit atheist, I've been called that before on this subject, but as someone who literally developed my current political ideology through edgy reddit atheism....guilty as charged, and I'm not changing on that. My views are based on the battle lines of the pre 2016 world, which means my progressive politics inevitably have a secular bend. Some people might like this guy because he's Christian and left wing, but I just see that brand of politics as cringey.
Still....if it wins us Texas, it wins us Texas. Just...again, not a fan of those specific politics.
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