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Biden Is Boring, And I’m Starting to Appreciate That
During the Trump years, I couldn’t go an hour without seeing a notification on my phone about the latest outrageous and inflammatory thing Trump did or said. It wasn’t that I could just mute Twitter — it was every New York Times headline, half of my friends’ Instagram stories, and half of my friends’ Facebook feeds. It was literally impossible for me to tune Trump out because his outrageous actions and statements were so amplified.
Trump news always made me amplified. It always made me outraged and looking to pile on like and replies on Twitter. He constantly broke the unspoken rules of political engagement and seemed to suffer no consequences, which made me even more outraged. I understand this might have been his intention, but I couldn’t help feeling the way I did. And the comments and tweets just kept getting more inflammatory, even when I didn’t think they possibly could, culminating in Trump supporters storming the Capitol on January 6.
To say the same is not true of the Biden administration is an understatement. I have to go out of my way to stay informed because Biden is boring. He doesn’t make the gaffes he even made as a candidate. He doesn’t sweep up Twitter in outrage.
