I went to a coworkers desk today to ask a question and she had Fox News playing on one of her screens. I couldn’t get away from her desk fast enough. I felt like the devil was going to come out and grab me. And to top it off, she has bi-ethnic grandchildren. 🤦🏾♀️ I don’t get it.
☕It's just the unique sort of people that want to hold power over everyone else. It's their crazy 🧠 to steal from others such as land, peoples work, peoples lives and control it. 🌿
🧑⚕️ bunch of psychos.
But our unity, happiness love and laughter should always persist. 🏳️🌈☮️🪁🪐🔬🔭
Bottom Line: IMPEACHMENT. That is the only “MEDICINE” We The People have to focus on.
C’mon people, let’s be Real!
The SCOTUS which is the ONLY remedy to the stop against this nightmare it’s all IN to control & Destroy the Checks & Balances of this corrupt administration. We NEED TO IMPEACH!
Fascistic Obfuscating Xenophobic News is pure propaganda and is destroying our country through perverse claims of first amendment rights. It shouldn’t be legal.
I’m done engaging with cult mentality thinkers. Fox News needs its license revoked & all commentators personally investigated for possible prosecution for treasonous dialogues.
This is the other thing I wrestle with. They are FAMILY! In many cases, the ones who raised us and have now turned on us in the face of some really intense and wildly messed up stuff. I’m already low/limited contact, but what else are we supposed to do??
I really appreciate that line at the end, especially. I’m not sure it would have a great impact, but it’s still really important to hold a firm line on that concept. There’s this very bizarre notion that they should only listen to sources that inform the bias, and they assume we do the same thing
And follow that same formula with every single concept and topic of debate or conversation. They do it X way, so they assume we do the exact opposite. They’re told how extreme we are, but it’s actually they who are extreme in most cases, and they won’t learn that every accusation is a confession.
I hope so. My autistic rigidity often gets in the way of being able to stay gentle and patient. 42 years and I’m still working on that. But at least I’m not trying to be stuck in my ways about it.
I don't feel comfortable allowing them to continue their deranged, misguided speculation about shit they don't understand entirely uncontested. That's how religions form. They need to be opposed.
Turned tv off as a teen manning up to raise a son in a learning battle I hope he remembers the good in me too. I wasn't always cool. Breaking chains early because that ability Maye have been lost to boomers. We Xed the devil for them and I blame Mom for teaching me to save the world. She is devilish
Glad I saw this during my lunch break I was ready to throw hands with the hb anti vaxx religious brainwashed coworker who said man and woman have their own roles and duties they need to follow😜✌🏽
Also take some time offline, gather with friends, and write postcards for @activateamerica.bsky.social ! CA 22, 40 are your neighbors- write to tell them their GOP rep voted to gut MediCAL!
For that matter, all of commercial western media has an agenda to keep the sheep behaving. It was the entire western media that tried to cover up the war crimes of Israeli and US leaders. Ive met people that had no idea what was happening in Gaza. I don't watch US "cable". Its Deception by Omission
Pretty good advice. If ur dumb enough to believe the Nazi news network, intelligent arguments r probably lost on you. They don’t even tell the truth about the business and economic news for God sakes! That’s what conservative business men care the most about. And they’re not even getting that right
It´s comical when orange says “we get 2B$ a day from tarrifs” and people around him applause, he is actualy saying “I will tax you 2B$ a day” would you applause that?
For those celebrating the “landslide“ victory of their candidate last year, there’s an additional bonus prize coming their way: a hard lesson in elementary economics. We’re all paying for their schooling.
Wonderful. People need to realize that Fox “News” is classified as an entertainment channel. One step above Jerry Springer. Fox had to pay a fine of almost $1Bil because they lied about the 2020 election. It is a shameless right wing propaganda channel. The damage Fox has done is incalculable.😡
Rupert Murdoch lost his family court case, so when he dies it looks like son James will take over and end the disgusting far-right drivel from Fox News.
Yes, it is apparently entertainment for some! Definitely not news. But it didn't pay 3/4 of a billion for LYING, but for DEFAMATION of the Dominion company, claiming it of rigged the election. Unfortunately, we still don't have a legal remedy for the firehose of Fox lies, Fox propaganda. Wish we did
There are 4 components for a Defamation case: 1) a false statement purported to be fact (i.e. lies); 2) Publication of said false statement to a 3rd party (written or oral) 3) fault of negligence and 4) damages to party involved. Fox “News” to me is scary. Some people are very gullible.
Yes, Fox has been an essential part of the authoritarian take-over of our country. It persistently confuses a large part of the population, leaving them with such a warped understanding of the world that they act and vote against their own interests, the very definition of propaganda. Very scary!
A woman mocked me as a "Lib" on FB because our government would NEVER pull Americans off the street and deport them. I posted a link and threw back some shade, wishing her well and "your little dog, too." IDIOTS! This is why there isn't MORE pushback. Some people have NO IDEA what's going on
I bought 9 dresses. They don't fit, and they are not made out of the fabric described. They won't accept returns, or refund. This happened the last time he was President because of his Executive Order changing the Lemon Laws. Republican accountants are blind! My husband is Republican.
I think both sides should try to respectfully discuss issues shared by all & try to bridge the Divide & Conquer strategy that has effectively kept the Little People manageable for Decades. I see spin on all MSM of both sides and even most independent media.
You are certainly entitled to your view, but we all have been fooled, are fools, and will be fooled again. We are creatures designed to respond to psychological triggers and are susceptible to conditioning whenever we aren't thinking critically. I don't hate anyone, though I don't accept wrong acts.
Agreed. Don't argue. It's fruitless. At the same time, how do we engage the misled folks among us in real conversations about what is good for America?
Have had little openings one-on-one, casually, with seniors at the supermarket. By being non-defensive and just saying things like, It would be great if he brought prices went down, and I suspect the opposite will happen. Not an argument. Just gently planting an idea, and giving basic info if asked
I have no intention of conversing with MAGAts. Yet they come to my posts and spew hate and lies. I immediately block those imbeciles but on YT there is no function. Either way I am done engaging with dumb people.
People hooked on Fox.. turn it off. Go outside. Breathe. Talk to your neighbors. Connect with your local community. Find something in common with people who are different from you. Live life again.
I just watched three kittens be born. I was so awed. I had the thought, “But they’re all stray. The economy sucks. No one will want them. Why is it happy?”
Oh…because it *IS*. Because life, no matter how hard, is beautiful. And I don’t mean like “I’m going to force people to have babies” way.
Americans should have the freedom to know the truth and facts, and not be lied to. I hate being lied to. And lies and disinformation are want prevent otherwise good people from being able to compromise. Lies are driving a Divided States of America, which is awful. How can we get back to Truth?
IMHO-stop algorithmic targeting, label opinion "news", require equal time and no dedicated bias only "news", kick money out of politics, teach logic, debate fallacies & media literacy from the elementary up and require "news" channels teach these concepts in ads so that adults understand, too.
These are good ideas. I read somewhere, “You don’t find the news, the news finds you “ based on your past searches, etc. This creates a lot of friction for finding common ground.
Oo man I wish I’d gotten this advice earlier… An hour I’ll never get back and I didn’t change their minds… and I was late to a thing too because we could not stop arguing. But, no voices were raised. No one was harmed. We just both looked at each other and asked “where are you getting your news?”
…and the same people “outraged” by the tan suit, think nothing of the president stating that countries were coming to him yesterday to “kiss my ass”. Nor were they outraged by the security breaches of “signalgate”.
Amen to that. I remember lowering the volume on the tv & asking my Dad to please lower his own volume whenever he was consuming Fox. People get so riled up by the daily Fox outrage, the unhinged chyrons and the repetitious propaganda of the day/week/month. Obama’s tan suit, Hillary’s email server…
Twitter and Facebook and TikTok are all worse. The people who only get their news from social media are completely warped. Their brains turn to jelly, they start thinking like Joe Rogan or RFK Jr.
Arguing doesn't work, logic doesn't work, facts don't work. Maybe losing a lot of their retirement accounts, social security, medicare and medicaid will make a dent.
I hope to show some that there's a wiser way, but if I can't do it then God may use some other means, and the truly adamant cases go to hell because they embrace the devil to the end.
It's hard to ignore when they are family who have succombed to the constant Fox propaganda and it's too hideous to just write them off. If we are going to overcome the divisive toxic mantras used so calculatingly by the rich right wing & media owners,we must try to find common ground as a start.
Yeah, I kind of think that one reason half the country went so far off the deep end was that the rest of us stopped engaging with them. It was out of self-care, of course, but at what collective cost?
It's like drug addiction,a cult,etc.,so now we all know how near impossible it is for those families to find a way to keep going. I just can't figure out why they choose someone as awful as Trump? No common ground there!
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🧑⚕️ bunch of psychos.
But our unity, happiness love and laughter should always persist. 🏳️🌈☮️🪁🪐🔬🔭
FOX.
JUST FOX.
WE DO NOT REFER TO IT AS NEWS. WE SENT A MEMO.
OK. TRY AGAIN.
ONe way to try and argue with those who only watch it is to expose all the things being kept from them.
A genuinely free press would already be doing that.
https://open.substack.com/pub/demodirge/p/republicans-defy-you-die-but-why?r=9gmmo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
C’mon people, let’s be Real!
The SCOTUS which is the ONLY remedy to the stop against this nightmare it’s all IN to control & Destroy the Checks & Balances of this corrupt administration. We NEED TO IMPEACH!
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/morford/article/How-to-talk-to-complete-idiots-Three-basic-2529834.php
“To argue with a fool only proves there are two.”
And it’s a REAL shitshow…have u noticed?
on a nightly basis destroying their own futures.
...But I love some of these MAGA people. I'm angry at the propagandists who have manipulated them into a cult.
If we don't push back, the propaganda is all they will hear.
I've made very clear why I am afraid for the young people in our family.
And I make sure to mention, as often as appropriate, that you CANNOT trust your news if it only criticizes one side.
We can #PierceHisPropaganda!
I try to follow Mark Twain’s advice:
“ Never argue with an idiot, he will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
I hope they’re grateful.
He’s just taking a long time to die.
Except it's not really information if it comes from Fox News.
It's disinformation.
(No time to expand/explain)
NOT A PRANK
Think Critically or be in The FOG
Prioritize your well being. But if you've got some room, it's good to expose them to reality.
Oh…because it *IS*. Because life, no matter how hard, is beautiful. And I don’t mean like “I’m going to force people to have babies” way.
#GOPcultMORONS #GOPcultDEPLORABLES #TrumpianDOLTS
#GOPtraitors #GOPcultFOOLS
Or MSNBC
There are 'good' people on both sides.
- Mark Twain
Always sound advice.
Thank you for this post. It means a lot to me and many others
The right is winning youth.
Bitching about Faux Newds is old man yelling at cloud.
You’re gonna keep losing with this mindset.
Maybe getting rid of Fox News is the RIGHT thing to do FFS.
Murdoch and his ilk can rot in hell.
This I think has resonance.
Dormammu a pale reflection of Rupert Murdoch.
https://youtu.be/py1pXWmZrNY?si=cUTsKWmy1Kx392Nv
I mean I’m a bird so I’m all for regurgitation, but that stuff is just vile!!
https://www.astronomynotes.com/chapter1/s3.htm#:~:text=Fifteen%20seconds%20is%20the%20same,100%20years%2Funiverse%20age).
Is the stock market ticker back on screen, or are they still hiding this disaster from the faithful?