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pat_k

(11,189 posts)
14. 40 years of Fox News brainwashing accelerated by. . .
Sun Oct 27, 2024, 12:14 AM
Oct 2024

. . . algorithm created social media information bubbles that just keep getting more bizarre, and you have a serious social problem.

This isn't a political partisan divide of decades past. We are in a whole new place. Far right brainwashing is a serious social problem tearing apart communities and families and we need to figure out some sort of national "recovery program." Something like Exit Deutschland on a big scale. Showcase recovering MAGA folk. More attention to the heartbreak of losing loved ones to the brainwashing.

We need to move from the current us vs. them-ism where we write "them" off as evil people that deserve nothing but our condemnation, to a serious examination of the snowballing social problems the the multibillion dollar far right noise machine kicked off, which is being accelerated at an unbelievable pace by social media algorithms fomenting anger and hatred that are sending an unbelievable number of Americans into rabbit holes that just keep getting more and more and more bizarre.

We need to take on Christianism Nationalism, while being very, very, clear that we are not condemning Christian faith.

We need more documentaries like the 2016 Brainwashing of My Dad



More people from progressive faith communities speaking out on the cancer that is Christian Nationalism.

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I can't believe it, either. calimary Oct 2024 #1
I blame it on the media sane washing trump Tribetime Oct 2024 #2
Keep it up with blaming white men, Abolishinist Oct 2024 #3
Tell me where that's not true. On DU we're all progressives here and obviously progressive white men... brush Oct 2024 #4
If white men didn't vote, Republicans would never win another election. Self Esteem Oct 2024 #7
Wow, I can't believe I'm reading this. Abolishinist Oct 2024 #16
What are you even going off about? Self Esteem Oct 2024 #18
Of course. Abolishinist Oct 2024 #19
Do you deny white men overwhelmingly support Trump? Self Esteem Oct 2024 #20
I don't see 'white men' to be as much of a final descriptor as other factors. Abolishinist Oct 2024 #25
White men voted for Trump with over 61% of the vote. Self Esteem Oct 2024 #26
I know how I feel when I'm painted with a broad brush but if it doesn't apply to me personally, I'm not offended. Deuxcents Oct 2024 #5
Why would the OP keep it up? SoFlaBro Oct 2024 #13
Why are you so surprised? This nation elected Trump, even after he was accused of some awful things. Self Esteem Oct 2024 #6
I'm not surprised, just extremely disappointed. In 2016 tere was the newness factor... brush Oct 2024 #9
40 years of Fox News brainwashing accelerated by. . . pat_k Oct 2024 #14
Little has changed on Trump's side and it probably really is that close. TwilightZone Oct 2024 #8
I agree that it's the same people sitll supporting trump since 2016... brush Oct 2024 #10
This thought keeps me sane. pat_k Oct 2024 #11
I like it. I think you're on to someting with the pollsters and their over-sampling... brush Oct 2024 #12
Pollsters are always combating errors of the last cycle. pat_k Oct 2024 #17
Boy did you step in a hornets nest Keepthesoulalive Oct 2024 #15
If haven't run into many white males here on DU (myself included) who get sensitive about this being brought up RidinWithHarris Oct 2024 #21
Exactly. A fact but don't say it. brush Oct 2024 #23
Imagine it could come down to brettdale Oct 2024 #22
Can't be this close without M$M enabling him, they're at fault uponit7771 Oct 2024 #24
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