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Thank gods for small things: Sedition is Unpopular

Journal by DeathMonkey

That's quite the approval cliff Trump walked off trying to overthrow the election.

Thankfully, the brainwashing is not entirely complete and a lot of people are seeing it for what it was.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 15 2021, @10:24PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 15 2021, @10:24PM (#1100870)

    That is somewhat disinguous. Fox has been becoming more and more radical over the years, along with talk radio like Rush Limbaugh.

    They were all just conservative outlets, and those outlets were responsible for pushing the narrative of fear and hate. This wasn't really a problem with the people, if liberals were to only trust news from a small group of outlets then they too could be slowly radicalized. Fox ramped up rhetoric to make conservatives feel like they were being attacked and thus short-circuited logic so they could emotionally manipulate their viewers. That is a human problem, and the only way to deal with that is to create systems to deal with such blatant propaganda.

    The fairness doctrine repeal by Reagan is what opened the door for one sided propaganda to gain a foothold. It was a deliberate and decades long effort by the GOP to radicalize their voters. Fox "news" and other radical rightwing outlets were the phenomenon that drove this current crisis.

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday January 16 2021, @07:58PM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Saturday January 16 2021, @07:58PM (#1101237) Journal

    You know, if I were to follow that line of thinking, it would lead to a dead end with no hope, just curated dystopia, society after a lobotomy and doing the Thorazine shuffle

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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 19 2021, @08:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 19 2021, @08:59PM (#1102574)

      As usual there you go reversing the blame. Typical fusty, "both sides" and "its the people's fault" which is actually what has "lead to a dead end with no hope, just curated dystopia, society after a lobotomy and doing the Thorazine shuffle."

      It is interesting how you describe current reality but always seem to have the wrong take. Shill? Troll? Moron? Who cares?