During that time there were periods of relative calm and periods when the boys got extremely rowdy, shouting and chanting. But here’s the important point: The right, and President Trump, are overjoyed that this has become such a big deal. They’re white, they’re teenagers, they’re wearing Trump hats, and they are Catholics. It’s all part of a conservative media infrastructure that exists in large part to create and maintain outrage over incidents such as this one. That doesn’t mean liberals aren’t capable of this, too, but the liberal outrage system is much more decentralized and ad hoc, while the conservative system was built for this very purpose.

Source: Washington Post January 22, 2019 17:57 UTC