If Chris Coons puts up a FB post that is mildly critical of the President, the comments are flooded by the vilest, brain dead idiots instantly turning the heat up to 11. Mixed in will be a couple of Democratic “Atta guy” comments and even fewer “A good start, but not enough” observations.
If a Democrat dares shows any well-earned anger nowadays they can quickly become a pariah among earnest, thoughtful, decent Democratic townsfolk.
This one-sidedness takes a toll. It gives Coons the impression that only Republicans hold strong views. The anger double standard gives the false impression that they are many and we are few. The over the top emotionalism also clears brush for other, less angry (but equally wrong) Republicans to backfill sounding reasonable in relative terms.
This dynamic also plays out nationally where elected Republicans are given free rein to be angry while angry Democrats are pilloried.
