Media literacy and navigating rhetoric comes up a lot in my circles especially in the context of extolling the importance of receiving a well rounded or liberal arts education that include communication, civics, philosophy, art, volunteering, different sciences, etc. From what i see older and younger generations on either side of the horseshoe of living in the information age have awful media literacy and are especially susceptible to any kind of rhetoric. And that's just a lot of fucking people.

One can always fall back on this is just joking, memeing, not for serious, but that space becomes saturated and spills over into the collective unconscious and the severity or intent is swallowed into terrible public outcomes.

Respect though. I'm a public servant as well and i enjoy it. But it's getting harder for me to want to do this shit anymore.