The media, and too many others, are doing the classic "abuse excuse" dance. (Daily Kos)
This is roughly the same dynamic that happens when there’s, say, a family abuser, and the spouse of the abuser gets much more vitriol for not protecting the kids than the actual, you know, abuser.
Why?
Because the spouse, unlike the abuser, knows better, and CAN change, whereas the abuser won’t respond to calls for empathy or reason; and therefore, there’s no use addressing the abuser at all anymore. Right?
Also see: tell women how to protect themselves from rape, don’t bother with campaigns against the rapists, because, like inclement weather, rapists are impervious to change or even influence. And are inevitable.
So. Over 9000 calls for Biden to drop out of the race. Very few mentions on a front page of *oh yeah and also the other guy is a malevolent fuckface who has springs coming out his head and is going to get us all fucking killed.*
Oh, why, because that part’s a given and therefore not worth mentioning again? Because we have to be more ruthlessly honest and soul searching about our own failings or whatever the fuck?
I’m calling bullshit.
Read more:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/29/2249859/-The-media-and-too-many-others-in-power-are-doing-the-classic-abuser-enabler-dance?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
Sounds pretty 'on target' to me!