Has the Left changed that much? During the Obama administration ICE used the exact tactics they are using today. There were no riots or protests. What changed?
The Cost of Letting main stream media and social media Do Our Thinking. Lately I’ve been thinking about how both the political left and right are pushing narratives through social media, and a lot of what’s being shared is made up of half-truths or no truth at all. It feels like emotions are being intentionally poked and prodded to build followers around ideologies, not facts.
Honestly, you can’t even scroll social media anymore without stopping to ask yourself, “Is this actually true?” And that the norm now.
Before you can even consider the message, you have to research it just to figure out if it’s real. That alone tells me things are out of control.
What worries me most is how much of this stuff gets absorbed emotionally. A lot of people don’t consciously assess what they believe or take the time to verify it. If something aligns with how they feel, it gets accepted and then repeated.
Sometimes something goes viral almost instantly and gets accepted as truth, whether it’s fact or fiction, simply because it hits people emotionally.
And I get it. When something hits you emotionally and connects to a belief you already have, human nature is to accept it as truth, because our own biases want us to believe it.
If this keeps going, I really think it damages our ability to function as a country, because we lose a shared understanding of what’s real and what isn’t. Everything becomes narrative instead of truth.
I think part of the problem is that we’re becoming mentally lazy. We stop thinking critically and let confirmation bias run unchecked, and it just keeps building on itself.
The solution is simple, even if it’s not easy. Slow down. Question what we’re seeing. Separate facts from feelings. Think logically before reacting emotionally. Truth shouldn’t depend on which side it benefits.
Just something I’ve been thinking about.
v/r Russ
www.linkedin.com/in/russellclarkwyThoughts from a lefty. As someone more on the left, it’s always depressing to watch these debates. Both candidates pro war, ignoring Israeli aggression, both want to drill more fossil fuels—which will drive climate change regardless of how much windmills you build, and lies about immigration. 80% of drug trafficking arrests at us border are US citizens lol. The Democratic Party has moved very far to the right over the years and it’s showing tonight. One reason they keep agreeing on things I think
Trump is now…. ..officially a convicted criminal. And he’s still going to run. And he’s probably still going to win.
I’m not quite sure what that says about the state of democracy, the Biden administration, the US and/or our world.
But it strikes me as so utterly absurd, it’s actually kinda hilarious.
I remember 8 years ago, I was so appalled when Trump got elected, it seemed like the end of the world.
But the world didn’t end. And it might be my heartbroken disappointment with Biden’s warmongering-while-virtue-signaling administration or the fact that whoever’s actually in control of the Democratic party seems to just not give a fuck and is willing to run him again when he seems at least half-senile, but this time around I’m like, yeah, OK, Trump again. Fine. Bring it on.
(Insert gif of person eating popcorn ).
Trump is now…. ..officially a convicted criminal. And he’s still going to run. And he’s probably still going to win.
I’m not quite sure what that says about the state of democracy, the Biden administration, the US and/or our world.
But it strikes me as so utterly absurd, it’s actually kinda hilarious.
I remember 8 years ago, I was so appalled when Trump got elected, it seemed like the end of the world.
But the world didn’t end. And it might be my heartbroken disappointment with Biden’s warmongering-while-virtue-signaling administration or the fact that whoever’s actually in control of the Democratic party seems to just not give a fuck and is willing to run him again when he seems at least half-senile, but this time around I’m like, yeah, OK, Trump again. Fine. Bring it on.
(Insert gif of person eating popcorn ).
Trump is now…. ..officially a convicted criminal. And he’s still going to run. And he’s probably still going to win.
I’m not quite sure what that says about the state of democracy, the Biden administration, the US and/or our world.
But it strikes me as so utterly absurd, it’s actually kinda hilarious.
I remember 8 years ago, I was so appalled when Trump got elected, it seemed like the end of the world.
But the world didn’t end. And it might be my heartbroken disappointment with Biden’s warmongering-while-virtue-signaling administration or the fact that whoever’s actually in control of the Democratic party seems to just not give a fuck and is willing to run him again when he seems at least half-senile, but this time around I’m like, yeah, OK, Trump again. Fine. Bring it on.
(Insert gif of person eating popcorn ).
Trump is now…. ..officially a convicted criminal. And he’s still going to run. And he’s probably still going to win.
I’m not quite sure what that says about the state of democracy, the Biden administration, the US and/or our world.
But it strikes me as so utterly absurd, it’s actually kinda hilarious.
I remember 8 years ago, I was so appalled when Trump got elected, it seemed like the end of the world.
But the world didn’t end. And it might be my heartbroken disappointment with Biden’s warmongering-while-virtue-signaling administration or the fact that whoever’s actually in control of the Democratic party seems to just not give a fuck and is willing to run him again when he seems at least half-senile, but this time around I’m like, yeah, OK, Trump again. Fine. Bring it on.
(Insert gif of person eating popcorn ).
Trump is now…. ..officially a convicted criminal. And he’s still going to run. And he’s probably still going to win.
I’m not quite sure what that says about the state of democracy, the Biden administration, the US and/or our world.
But it strikes me as so utterly absurd, it’s actually kinda hilarious.
I remember 8 years ago, I was so appalled when Trump got elected, it seemed like the end of the world.
But the world didn’t end. And it might be my heartbroken disappointment with Biden’s warmongering-while-virtue-signaling administration or the fact that whoever’s actually in control of the Democratic party seems to just not give a fuck and is willing to run him again when he seems at least half-senile, but this time around I’m like, yeah, OK, Trump again. Fine. Bring it on.
(Insert gif of person eating popcorn ).