I understand the knee-jerk reaction, but after reading the article, I do feel for her. Mainstream news outlets have failed ALL of us --- not a single person is immune. And people forget that the average American is not tuned into the news as much as some people on here and other social media sites.
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People are having predictable reactions to this piece, which I get, but I actually do think we need to have a collective discussion about epistemic ethics, as it were. She didn't know. *Should* she have known? Who is responsible for her not knowing? Did she fail or was she failed, or both?
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This woman went from Biden to Trump. Voting in your own self-interest (for her it was mainly IVF) isn't relegated to one political party or race. On the most basic level, we all do it.
Stop screeching at me and go be useful.
This woman was reached -- she just chose to discard all else bc free IVF was promised by Trump's lies. This article isn't valuable unless why she didn't believe Harris' rebuttals & promises was asked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/health/usaid-contract-terminations.html
Trump voters - every single stupid one of them - made it easy for Putin. But now they want sympathy because THEY ruined their own lives. NO
Her family/friends are responsible for her not knowing.
But most of all, SHE'S responsible for her not knowing. SHE has to take responsibility for what HER failure to seek truthful information cost her & EVERYONE else
that's still evil!
But her ignoring those things because it MIGHT result in something she wants for free is also a poor reflection on her character.
That said, citizens have the responsibility to ascertain those things and vote accordingly. She chose indecency, incivility, dishonesty and dishonor.
That's part of the criticism.
"Whatever he does, he accuses everyone else of doing. The man cannot tell the truth."
WaPo: She hoped Trump’s victory would change her life
https://wapo.st/3CYacpv
And yet she still believed Trump’s lies.
dude convicted of rape
surrounds himself with anti-IVF loonies
surrounds himself and talks of DeEp StAtE
Tried yeeting ACA without having any sort of backup plan
Like, how many signals do you have to ignore to get to, "Vote for trump for IVF"?