Comments by "JLH" (@Kyarrix) on "The Real Threat to American Democracy | NYT Opinion" video.

  1. When someone starts a video by saying I'm kind of confused they're being disingenuous almost by definition. You're not confused at all. Within 10 seconds of the start of this video I formed a dislike for the guy. The wide-eyed "should I be afraid" and odd emphases struck me. He repeats the "I'm confused" line a few times. "Huh, what? I'm just so confused!" No, you're not. You're a 34-year-old man who calls himself Johnny, a journalist and contributor to the NYT and Vox. You aren't remotely confused. Why not make videos with a more genuine approach? The faux wide-eyed gosh I'm so confused thing is distasteful. It's not just that, the music, the rhetorical devices, all of it was subpar and not what I expect from the NYT. I guess they're trying to reach a different audience but I can't imagine who this appeals to. Who is the audience that is both interested in politics but also finds someone like this appealing? That isn't turned off by the disingenuous approach, the wide-eyed pretense? I don't know if an audience like that exists and frankly I hope it doesn't.
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