Dean Obeidallah: Giving Marjorie Taylor Greene a platform isn't good for America

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31. Her platform is small and insular...

What right wingers like Greene want is a larger platform.

Our problem is that we are thinking about this as if is a normal "political problem", where more discussion will allow us to "carry the day" with better arguments. That is not how right wing extremism has ever worked in history. They conduct their business through force of will. We need to remember and understand that the Fascists in Italy and the Nazis in Germany never had more than 30% support from the people. Both groups used the levers and failings of "Liberal" institutions to get into power. They want to be part of the discussion, even if they may be the "butt of the joke". Conservative groups in both Italy and Germany thought they could control the extremists to hold onto power, but they were wrong.

Sunlight will not fix this, especially the way that our American Media does "sunlight". The mainstream, corporate owned media is about ratings and access. They have a long history of cozying up to power and not challenging stupid ideas by calling them stupid. Greene may not have come out completely "golden" but she was also not completely made to look like the fool that she is. That is a win for her and her side. If she is was willing for the story to come out, she must have known it wasn't a career ending interview.

She now has a bigger platform thanks to CBS.