The southern political sphere has spent over a century perfecting the ongoing use of historical and cultural wedges to keep citizens distracted and divided.
It’s our job as citizens to make sure these types of messages and actions are clearly rejected by the community as a united community.
When governance becomes dysfunctional, leadership frequently relies on triggering deep emotional responses to ensure voters stop listening to objective facts.
When a local news anchor spends hours filming your collapsed ceilings and interviewing victims, you expect the story to air. What you may not expect is that the former anchor for the station went on to work for the government agency you were trying to expose.
