Heather Cox Richardson

We support by about 65% the codification of Roe versus Wade into law. We support higher taxes on the extremely wealthy. I mean, and when I say we support these, not by like 50.2%, by like 85%.

And the idea that we are permitting politicians who wish us ill and perhaps other countries who wish us ill to pit the minorities on the far right and the far left against the middle is, you know, frankly, suicidal. And One of the things that I hope we do going forward is to reclaim that middle and to stop talking about how bitterly divided we are as a country, because we're really not.

And the idea that we are permitting politicians who wish us ill and perhaps other countries who wish us ill to pit the minorities on the far right and the far left against the middle is, you know, frankly, suicidal. And One of the things that I hope we do going forward is to reclaim that middle and to stop talking about how bitterly divided we are as a country, because we're really not.

And the idea that we are permitting politicians who wish us ill and perhaps other countries who wish us ill to pit the minorities on the far right and the far left against the middle is, you know, frankly, suicidal. And One of the things that I hope we do going forward is to reclaim that middle and to stop talking about how bitterly divided we are as a country, because we're really not.

We are being divided rhetorically and politically by a very small group of people who benefit from that.

We are being divided rhetorically and politically by a very small group of people who benefit from that.

We are being divided rhetorically and politically by a very small group of people who benefit from that.

The algorithms are a huge problem. I'm a First Amendment, I think I'm going to say absolutist, although I hate to say absolutist about anything, but I really, really don't want the government involved in what people can express in the United States, and for various historical reasons, but also some pretty obvious presentist reasons.

The algorithms are a huge problem. I'm a First Amendment, I think I'm going to say absolutist, although I hate to say absolutist about anything, but I really, really don't want the government involved in what people can express in the United States, and for various historical reasons, but also some pretty obvious presentist reasons.

The algorithms are a huge problem. I'm a First Amendment, I think I'm going to say absolutist, although I hate to say absolutist about anything, but I really, really don't want the government involved in what people can express in the United States, and for various historical reasons, but also some pretty obvious presentist reasons.

But that being said, what we have done by not regulating the algorithms and the engagement farming that is now not only permissible, but privileged in our public discourse is we have essentially taken that public sphere, we talk about the, you know, the public square where people can put all their ideas.

But that being said, what we have done by not regulating the algorithms and the engagement farming that is now not only permissible, but privileged in our public discourse is we have essentially taken that public sphere, we talk about the, you know, the public square where people can put all their ideas.

But that being said, what we have done by not regulating the algorithms and the engagement farming that is now not only permissible, but privileged in our public discourse is we have essentially taken that public sphere, we talk about the, you know, the public square where people can put all their ideas.

And rather than simply letting somebody stand on a soapbox, which is how we get that expression to be on a soapbox is you literally stood on a soapbox over a crack.

And rather than simply letting somebody stand on a soapbox, which is how we get that expression to be on a soapbox is you literally stood on a soapbox over a crack.

And rather than simply letting somebody stand on a soapbox, which is how we get that expression to be on a soapbox is you literally stood on a soapbox over a crack.

We have taken one voice in that public sphere or public square and made it sound as if it's 10,000 voices so that the rest of the people in the square sort of cower and say, well, that's what everybody thinks, when in fact it's a recipe for authoritarianism or for the warping of our society by a very minority voice that has managed to amplify itself. And I think that's a huge problem right now.

We have taken one voice in that public sphere or public square and made it sound as if it's 10,000 voices so that the rest of the people in the square sort of cower and say, well, that's what everybody thinks, when in fact it's a recipe for authoritarianism or for the warping of our society by a very minority voice that has managed to amplify itself. And I think that's a huge problem right now.

We have taken one voice in that public sphere or public square and made it sound as if it's 10,000 voices so that the rest of the people in the square sort of cower and say, well, that's what everybody thinks, when in fact it's a recipe for authoritarianism or for the warping of our society by a very minority voice that has managed to amplify itself. And I think that's a huge problem right now.

But I do think there are ways to push back against it. One of the things on my Facebook page where people comment, I have a moderator who throws out the live porn and throws out the ad hominem attacks and throws out the stuff that is just right-wing talking points. Argue all you want. I love argument, but cleaning that up.