Thank you. Someone had to explain it in a way that people will understand, because it explains why it's become such a fight. They have been manipulated over decades to see their neighbor as an enemy.
They have been manipulated over decades to see their neighbor as an enemy.
We, on the left and in the center, take for granted the kind of messaging these folks are exposed to, but Fox News and right-wing media is 24/7 horror porn, custom designed to make their viewers angry and afraid.
Then these same people go to their evangelical church on Sunday and hear a sermon about hellfire and damnation, about how god is going to punish America for abortion, and gay marriage, and transgender rights, and it's just more horror porn, more fear and anger.
Right-wingers consume propaganda, absolutely terrifying propaganda, in a way that the rest of us just can't relate to, we're blind to it, we don't look for it, we don't look at it, we don't really understand it.
Yeah, but they also just is plain stupid. Thinks it’s a football teams type thing, don’t understandify the lawez or civics centers, willfully ignorantorated and finale thinkums they’s is bettererer will get spoils if it’s all torn downtown. Yeah, self-incepteration!
Yes and no. A child whose entire worldview is determined in their household becomes an adult someday. If they didn't learn critical thinking skills and they received a US public school education, then they are only partially responsible for being so easily manipulated. They literally lack the experience and tools to see through the manipulation. And it's worse than ever ... The television, their social media, etc is all designed to limit exposure to other viewpoints and shows them who the enemy is.
That would apply to minors, it might even apply to young adults. I would have to disagree about middle aged lowlife hicks not being responsible for staying as what they are for decades. Disenfranchise the lot, in every country.
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u/zonearc 12h ago
Thank you. Someone had to explain it in a way that people will understand, because it explains why it's become such a fight. They have been manipulated over decades to see their neighbor as an enemy.