If find it puzzling - humorous, actually - that so many people ignored the totalitarian attacks on “our democracy” the past four years, as exposed by the Twitter files, the governments’ (plural) autocratic, failed, and damaging Covid regimes, of government censorship, and so much more. Suddenly, someone you don’t like gets elected, and now the pearl clutching. Spare me. It reeks of hypocrisy from deluded social bubbles. This post contributes the outrage you claim you want to diminish.
I also did a "Science Bites" episode critical of folks on all sides, including Fauci, CDC, and the Biden admin, and focusing on how those "blame one side for everything" narratives are generally oversimplified and not helpful:
I did not cover the "twitter files" on my show (but I think Connors Institute did). It admittedly didn't make it into my editorial calendar and perhaps I could have put more editorial juice behind it. But while that affair raised concerns, expert consensus is more mixed, compared to broad agreement among legal scholars and democracy watchdogs that actions of the second Trump administration represent a major threat to democracy.
I did do an episode on left-bias in academia, FWIW:
Admittedly, I do take some liberty in letting my hair down a bit more here on Substack than I do on the Outrage Overload podcast itself.
In terms of Trump (or Biden for that matter), mine is not a show focused on that, but guests and listeners bring it up a lot and when Trump has come up, I have tried to cover these topics in an evidence-based, scholarly-informed way, including seeking input from experts on the right. Calling out the Trump administration’s efforts to centralize power, undermine the rule of law, attack independent institutions, and erode voting rights is not “pearl clutching” which suggests they are overblown or hysterical, rather than substantive. These concerns are grounded in broad, well-documented expert consensus and public warnings from political scientists, legal scholars, and democracy watchdogs not just "deluded social bubbles."
If find it puzzling - humorous, actually - that so many people ignored the totalitarian attacks on “our democracy” the past four years, as exposed by the Twitter files, the governments’ (plural) autocratic, failed, and damaging Covid regimes, of government censorship, and so much more. Suddenly, someone you don’t like gets elected, and now the pearl clutching. Spare me. It reeks of hypocrisy from deluded social bubbles. This post contributes the outrage you claim you want to diminish.
I did an episode on Covid covering some of these claims with a med student who was on Tucker Carson:
https://outrageoverload.net/kevin-bass-covid-retrospective/
I also did a "Science Bites" episode critical of folks on all sides, including Fauci, CDC, and the Biden admin, and focusing on how those "blame one side for everything" narratives are generally oversimplified and not helpful:
https://outrageoverload.substack.com/p/napodpomo-day-20-dispelling-myths
I did not cover the "twitter files" on my show (but I think Connors Institute did). It admittedly didn't make it into my editorial calendar and perhaps I could have put more editorial juice behind it. But while that affair raised concerns, expert consensus is more mixed, compared to broad agreement among legal scholars and democracy watchdogs that actions of the second Trump administration represent a major threat to democracy.
I did do an episode on left-bias in academia, FWIW:
https://outrageoverload.net/left-bias-in-academia-lawrence-eppard/
Admittedly, I do take some liberty in letting my hair down a bit more here on Substack than I do on the Outrage Overload podcast itself.
In terms of Trump (or Biden for that matter), mine is not a show focused on that, but guests and listeners bring it up a lot and when Trump has come up, I have tried to cover these topics in an evidence-based, scholarly-informed way, including seeking input from experts on the right. Calling out the Trump administration’s efforts to centralize power, undermine the rule of law, attack independent institutions, and erode voting rights is not “pearl clutching” which suggests they are overblown or hysterical, rather than substantive. These concerns are grounded in broad, well-documented expert consensus and public warnings from political scientists, legal scholars, and democracy watchdogs not just "deluded social bubbles."