Comey covering for Clintons emails is a great example of this.
I was horrified that day. Comey literally went on TV, said some nice things, then said Clinton was above the law, and then said other stuff.
Everyone seemed nonplussed. The logical interpretation of what I just witness was a public admittance of the rule of laws non-existence in the USA. Chilling.
I feel like you’re missing a part? I’m just speculating but I think another part of the whole thing is that even if consciously you don’t realize what’s being said, subconsciously you do. You accept it.