On Deniers and Denialism

Good lord, many of the people who purport to be journalists

are such an imitative bunch! Whether on TV, radio, online,

or print, they all use the same words to describe certain events,

situations, locations, and people, giving the impression that 

they aren't capable of independent thought --- that they all use 

the same brain cell (no, this isn't a misprint; I meant "brain cell"

in the singular sense), all being somehow connected to it.

Their latest words du jour are "insurrections", "big lies" , 

"deniers", and "denialism". 

Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times recently that 

"Election deniers are also economy deniers," meaning 

that the latter are people who don't think that the economy 

is doing as well as Krugman thinks it's doing. Who does

PK's shopping for him, getting his groceries, household supplies,

and so forth? He should consult with that person as to the actual 

cost of said goods at least once in a while. Those he calls 

"economy deniers" note these costs every time they go shopping.

Of course, to Krugman they are merely spreaders of "big lies".

And many other pundits and so-called reporters fall in line 

and repeat this tripe like parrots.

And of course there is the labeling of the riot by some of the 

crowd which came to President Trump's rally outside the 

capitol on January 6, 2021 to ask Congress to not certify the 

election which Trump claimed was tainted with widespread 

electoral fraud. As if a bunch of ragtag loonies and hotheads 

(remember the guy with the medicine man getup?) could 

possibly overthrow the government by breaking into,

vandalizing and stealing property? Funny how they didn't so

label the antics of far-left protesters who occupied the Wisconsin

capitol where our legislature meets and caused two million 

dollars in damage all because they were upset that Scott

Walker was elected governor. They also chased a few GOP

legislators outside of the building, sending them scurrying 

to their offices to escape likely mayhem, and assaulted in

various ways counter-protesters who came to show their 

support for the newly-elected governor. No insurrection 

there, according to these journos. No violence. No name-

calling. Nothing of the sort. 

Paul Krugman and others like him are opinion columnists,

so they have leeway to use such verbiage in their columns.

Fair enough. But their newspapers and magazines also use

this language in their reporting of the news as well, making

them sites of out-and-out propaganda favorable to the 

establishment and hostile to conservatives and anyone else 

not in agreement with them. And these people have a dim, 

debasing, derogatory view of these dissenting voices and

their opinions. If they are not insulting and belittling them

they are shutting them out from their engaging the Krugmans

in any kind of discussion or debate. They obviously fear a

public being well informed about the news, and what they

may do in elections to come. 

So they attempt to whip up disgust and loathing for their 

political gainsayers, using their beastly little buzzwords, 

which all the rest of the hive pick up on. And, of course, 

they strenuously deny doing so.

So who, then, are the real deniers?

MEM