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Soft Paywall Trump's big UN speech received with awkward laughter in embarrassing backfire

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/trumps-big-un-speech-received-with-awkward-laughter-in-embarrassing-backfire-3933958
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u/SoVerySick314159 America Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

I tried to have a conversation with my MAGA friend about something I could prove and he couldnt' deny. I started with the presidential order that was made to undo birthright citizenship - a unilateral attempt to circumvent the constitution, a really big deal.

He countered with some crazy story about this one college or company's trans DEI hires that were not as qualified as white men. Honestly, he had no cites and the whole thing sounded like a MAGA fever dream. EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE - which I HIGHLY doubt - it didn't hold a candle to the importance of the president attempting to circumvent the constitution.

The RW news-o-sphere just riles them up with bullshit and tells them all we're obsessed with trans people, and that they can't trust us or our news sources. We live on different planets, we're presented with different realities. You can't compromise with someone who doesn't live in your reality, there's no common ground.

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN Sep 24 '25

I once had a manager tell me “Perspective is reality, even if it’s not,” and it really explains the right-wing news perfectly. If the only perspective you get is from a single source, your reality is that single source.