If you saw a young woman in Times Square with a sign that read "Ban Cow Farts Now. The world is ending" you wouldn't stop and debate her.
You'd simply chuckle, maybe take a picture for Facebook, and move on.
So why are Republicans and conservatives so obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
She too wants too ban cow farts (along with airplanes, your house, and most forms of energy). But she is taken seriously.
There is a danger in paying so much attention to the young congresswoman from New York: It normalizes her.
Fox News has something on or from AOC nearly each day. She is the new face of the Democratic Party.
And while Fox and a lot of conservatives at home think they are pointing out her crazy ideas and do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do mentality, they are really connecting her with an audience.
The constant attention is making her seem as if she is engaging in a legitimate debate, with legitimate ideas, and legitimate policies.
They say there is no such thing as bad press, AOC seems to be proving them right.
Listen to "Stop Normalizing AOC" on Spreaker.
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