Letters to the Editor
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@Reilly
Basically we have a "unitard" too, with the Democrats occupying the area around the ass-flap.
Fair point. And great extension of the metaphor, which will further terrorize Pedinska! :>
I did conflate in 'we' both the people and the media, but here's what I had in mind. Consider the endless primary season: If you were a visiting Nepalese Gurka on a fellowship, you would get an indepth treatment of the voting districts, their racial composition, the health of industries located there, a summary of their main issues, a characterization (probably wrong, but present) of their political culture, and endless conversations with 'the little guy'.
It's true that (a) it's our country and it's natural for us to have an interest in such details that others might not, and (b) we have a rich and powerful (if brainless) media, with the resources to cover these things in ways others cannot. But given that we ... the people and the media... are exposed to those things in our country and about our country, isn't it natural to be EITHER a little curious about comparable details in other countries ... before we bomb them ... OR to be skeptical and have our suspicions aroused when those details are absent or presented as non-existent?
(Pre-empting an answer: There's some truth to the idea, as Aycharaych might say, that we regard people in other countries as subhuman and don't believe they are as capable of such things, being primitive and all, or that they are oppressed by dictators and unable to have proper politics, which is why we need to bomb/liberate them. That's something we could probably discuss further, if there's any interest ... )