It’s fine to try to error on the side of caution. And assume that people aren’t horrible human beings. Just ignorant bumpkins that could be fixed with information and education.
But when the majority of them in the face of conflicting facts and evidence reject the truth and double down on the deadly rhetoric. It’s not a lack of education. They’re just bad people. Looking for someone outside themselves to blame for the problems they’ve caused for themselves.
This is who all Republicans are. As well as a few Democrats. It hurts to acknowledge this. Because many of them are family, sometimes even parents or siblings. But that doesn’t make it any less true. It just makes it harder for us to acknowledge.
Nope. Propaganda doesn’t negate any of the other points. Further that propaganda is involved is all the more reason not to excuse or enable the ones using it against the few genuinely ignorant.
And claiming people can be two things does not refute what I’ve said. For example you can be an ally and also an apologist for those we struggle against.
People can be two things.
It’s fine to try to error on the side of caution. And assume that people aren’t horrible human beings. Just ignorant bumpkins that could be fixed with information and education.
But when the majority of them in the face of conflicting facts and evidence reject the truth and double down on the deadly rhetoric. It’s not a lack of education. They’re just bad people. Looking for someone outside themselves to blame for the problems they’ve caused for themselves.
This is who all Republicans are. As well as a few Democrats. It hurts to acknowledge this. Because many of them are family, sometimes even parents or siblings. But that doesn’t make it any less true. It just makes it harder for us to acknowledge.
I think you underestimate the power of propaganda.
Nope. Propaganda doesn’t negate any of the other points. Further that propaganda is involved is all the more reason not to excuse or enable the ones using it against the few genuinely ignorant.
Sure. But they are not gullible.
And claiming people can be two things does not refute what I’ve said. For example you can be an ally and also an apologist for those we struggle against.
Man, they are gullible. Many of them, at least. It’s the same reason why literal billions of dollars are grifted out of them by email and phone scams.
The marks are the same people in financial scams as in political scams.
There is no political divide on who is more susceptible to financial scams.
However, thinking you’re immune or simply too smart to being scammed is a risk factor.,
Random link with charts
Where does that address politics? All that goes over is age, unless I’m missing some continuation or elaboration in a link somewhere.