Good piece. Thank you for it. Do you remember a time when people seemed willing to read, listen to debates, and then decide who to vote for based on real information? It seems so improbable now. It was pre-cable TV, which I think is the transition most responsible for our current predicament. People who get their information from TV news are now doing it within a demographic box. In 2008 I got tired of my TV, and I've had no cable since. I read my news from a variety of sources. When I see Fox news or MSNBC or CNN, I'm struck by how one-note each one is, and by how much theatrics and posturing have replaced factual reporting. It's difficult to exist in a country with voters such as the Vietnamese manicurist you describe. Her beliefs are so over the top, I feel overwhelmed by the impossibility of countering all the misinformation we face. For now, I've taken a step back while continuing to believe we can do better. My hope is people will become dissatisfied with the Leon Musk administration purchased for $270K+, and vote differently at the midterms and beyond.
You’re welcome. It seems impossible to be where we are now. Yet here we are. I hope that we’ll see a turnaround in the next couple of years as well. For God’s sake, we must.
I suppose being a white woman it's hard to compare myself to a Muslim or Vietnamese woman, but considering all the work I have done to alter my own form of self hate, and I have made great strides, however - in my entire life, I cannot imagine hating myself enough to support that man. I get what you say regarding them shooting themselves in the foot by voting against their own self interest, still it's hard to wrap my head around. I guess my only way to see any logic to their bad choices, is they not only believe him and all his lies, but they probably watch or listen to a right wing media outlet whose main goal is to spread lies and indoctrinate them.
Now as far as the others who kiss his ring, they have lost all sight of who they are, their wealth, fame and fortune has gutted them to their core, they have no soul left. They have become empty vessels with no bottom..
That's so interesting regarding your manicurist. The salon I used to go to in Pawleys always had the Newsmax channel on their televisions...
Now, that makes sense to me Newsman is nothing if not hard-core MAGA conservative.
Good piece. Thank you for it. Do you remember a time when people seemed willing to read, listen to debates, and then decide who to vote for based on real information? It seems so improbable now. It was pre-cable TV, which I think is the transition most responsible for our current predicament. People who get their information from TV news are now doing it within a demographic box. In 2008 I got tired of my TV, and I've had no cable since. I read my news from a variety of sources. When I see Fox news or MSNBC or CNN, I'm struck by how one-note each one is, and by how much theatrics and posturing have replaced factual reporting. It's difficult to exist in a country with voters such as the Vietnamese manicurist you describe. Her beliefs are so over the top, I feel overwhelmed by the impossibility of countering all the misinformation we face. For now, I've taken a step back while continuing to believe we can do better. My hope is people will become dissatisfied with the Leon Musk administration purchased for $270K+, and vote differently at the midterms and beyond.
You’re welcome. It seems impossible to be where we are now. Yet here we are. I hope that we’ll see a turnaround in the next couple of years as well. For God’s sake, we must.
I suppose being a white woman it's hard to compare myself to a Muslim or Vietnamese woman, but considering all the work I have done to alter my own form of self hate, and I have made great strides, however - in my entire life, I cannot imagine hating myself enough to support that man. I get what you say regarding them shooting themselves in the foot by voting against their own self interest, still it's hard to wrap my head around. I guess my only way to see any logic to their bad choices, is they not only believe him and all his lies, but they probably watch or listen to a right wing media outlet whose main goal is to spread lies and indoctrinate them.
Now as far as the others who kiss his ring, they have lost all sight of who they are, their wealth, fame and fortune has gutted them to their core, they have no soul left. They have become empty vessels with no bottom..
Absolutely.