And in today's episode of "I'm not too sure this headline is going to have the intended effect" we have the Washington Post introducing Mitch McConnell as and I quote here: "Sitting on a throne of skulls, Mitch McConnell confirms his 8,999th judge". Yes, in an attempt to make McConnell look bad they have instead made him look metal as fuck.
Archive link to the article.
First he was Cocaine Mitch, then he was the grim reaper and now he's sitting on a skull throne. It's like his opposition is determined to make him sound cooler.
Values dissonance. When you thinking and priorities get screwed up enough, you cease to be able to tell what's cool and what's not anymore. That's how Scientologists were able to put out
Battlefield Earth and not realize they'd generated the biggest turd to come out of Hollywood for decades, their echo chamber had gotten strong enough that they couldn't realize how terrible the movie they were making was and their values were messed up enough to not realize what they were spewing anymore.
I'm reminded of the show
Squirrel and Hedgehog, a virulently anti-American propaganda piece made in North Korea. Due to Nork values being skewed beyond belief, it depicts Americans as unstoppable wolves eight feet tall with glowing eyes, strong enough to rip a tank in half with their bare claws and packing gatling laser cannons among many other badass weapons. The sole female American is a hot (relatively, it's a kid's cartoon) foxgirl who's the fan favorite. Meanwhile North Koreans are represented by ducks, squirrels, and hedgehogs about two feet tall.
Americans like watching it more than North Koreans do.