well thats just it. remember, humans are pattern recognition machines. we sense the ebb and flow of news stories and the reactions to them, and from that we can draw a conclusion of when the news cycle feels a little bare and therefore the time is ripe for a happening. the media barons abhor a news vacuum and will find something to blow out of proportion if they need to. all it takes is one little hate crime somewhere, fake or not, and they can get us rolling for weeks while plenty of other more important things happen off screen.  i dunno if i quite feel it right now. ill agree its a bit calm-before-the-storm, but not quite the pregnant pause we sometimes experience.
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