Floating around as I do each night on twitter, a couple of things jumped out to me. The first; everyone, and when I say everyone I am referring to all the conservatives, Trump Train riders, MAGA devotees, all those people who are like me, can’t post enough about Kanye West coming out of the closet with support for the President. The second thing was just an innocent tweet about one of the reporters at CNN. According to the Trump Train, conservative MAGA devotees, this reporter said that Comey is in a lot of trouble and that others in the FBI are now turning on him.
Here’s my beef. Maybe it’s just me and the way I roll, but I don’t feel we should get to pick-n-choose based on whether the story or the report fits our narrative. In the case of Kanye West, I think it’s awesome that a black American (I’d rather just say American but I guess I have to use “black” to make the point), supports our President. What I disagree with is this. Just because some celebrity supports someone that I like, that person suddenly becomes credible. Here’s my point. We can’t scream at every liberal, Trump hating celebrity and tell them to stick with acting or singing or whatever, and then suddenly, when one of them says something we like, automatically cheer about how smart they are and how credible they are. I just don’t think it works that way. Don’t misunderstand me, the more people that we can pull over to our way of thinking, the better and welcome aboard. My beef is with people who want it both ways. The people who say that celebrities and wealthy elitists don’t have a clue about how ordinary Americans live when those celebrities hate Trump, but Kanye West is great, smart, and so cool because he likes Trump. Huh?
My opinion on this is the same with regard to the CNN story. We yell at the top of our lungs FAKE NEW, FAKE NEWS and put down every story that they report. We believe nothing they have to say related to the President, politics, FBI, guns and so on. Then, suddenly, like the Kayne West story, they (CNN) report something we like and we are believers. I don’t think so. My twitter follower made it sound like the CNN story had to be true because CNN reported it. I don’t get it. By the way, this tweeter got hundreds of likes and retweets from likeminded Trump supporters.
Like I said, maybe it’s just me. If I claim that I don’t give a hoot what any celebrity has to say about the President or politics or the world in general then that’s it. That’s where I stand. I can appreciate those who support the people or things that I support, but their support shouldn’t make them more credible. Same with fake news, until everything they report is honest, one story that I happen to agree with will not change how I feel about them.
I suppose I am just being too critical. I can certainly understand how others could get excited about hearing, for once, a celebrity liking our President or a Fake News organization suddenly tripping over the truth. I get it. I just don’t ever want to be like the leftist liberal democrats. I don’t want to be hypocritical.
Kayne got his hat signed, I’m jealous!