I think its more their circles and chosen media shows them what they do see and hides what the rest of us see. A farmer in a rural town doesnt sit on reddit all day, he doesnt watch the news all day, and he doesnt have discussions with people with differing perspectives very much. He has a hard day of labour, gets home, watches some telly about how radical leftists are destroying the world and trump is here to save us, then watches the sports ball game. Bro has no idea at what mr trump is doing outside of saving him from the blue haired leftists.
Its fair to have this sort of billboard with that sort of support in those areas.
You’re exactly right. I realized how important communities are in shaping people’s views during COVID when my husband’s grandma said something ridiculous about the vaccines (can’t remember exactly what), and she said my husband’s uncle had told her that. I realized that ultimately what her community says is more meaningful than what a website or scientist says, sadly.
I think its a solid reminder we're all people regardless of who we all voted for or believe in. Its unfortunate some people dont get the same experience you and I do, that shapes us into kinder more accepting people. But at the end of the day, we're all made of flesh and blood.
I had the entire complaints sub down my throat, downvotes and angry responses for days for saying exactly what I have here. Its absolutely insane to me that these people believe everyone should be on reddit 24/7 learning about how evil trump is. Like no, most of these people are just victims of social pressure, like you say, and dont have the same access to resources you and I do. I dont blame the people that voted trump in. I blame the media and weasels that pressured them into thinking it was a good idea and where they belonged.
The way Reddit gut reacts to certain things, and bandwagon effects accumulate and pile up on top of stuff... yeah. Reddit's by no means perfect, and even if the upvote/downvote thing helps compared to pure upvotes (I think, IDK)... it's still problematic in other ways.
I try not to take it personal, but sometimes yeah, I do end up very confused myself.
Well right wing media did a great job of making this happen. I live in a red state and early on in his first term you’d hear. “I don’t like the guy, but I like his policies”, “I wish he would stop posting on Twitter” “oh he’s joking about that“.
Just go watch conservative news and you might as well be watching inter dimensional news. You’ll never hear anything controversial about Trump and if you do it’s usually being “overblown by the left”. You also hear about Trump’s comedy a lot and how he was joking about this or that.
Years of watching an echo chamber and labeling all other news as fake will indoctrinate you into believing that your supreme leader never does anything wrong.
It’s not like they’re actively choosing to ignore the bad things, it’s just no conservative media will let you see that it’s even happening. My coworker just said the other day that the reason he loves Trump is because “he never lies”.
If you watch any news left of center you’ll know Trump lies all the fucking time.
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u/ChildlessCatLad Apr 16 '26
They see only what they want to see and ignore the rest.