Republican presdential hopeful Chris Christie took aim at his rival Donald Trump over the latter’s legal troubles - suggesting Mr Trump had held on to classfied documents because “he wants to pretend he’s still president”.
Well said! I’ve looked deep into the minds of Republicans to try and understand why they believe what they believe and it comes down to lack of critical thinking capabilities, cold war education principles, religious indoctrination, and information manipulation. In short, grooming. They have been programmed to have faith in systems they don’t understand, to blindly do as they are told through propaganda reinforcement, and told to not be different in any way.
The most important thing we learned from the Dominion lawsuit was that the FOX network steered it’s coverage to appease the deplorables. So at least in this instance, it was the viewers radicalizing the network, not the other way round.
I think it’s time we consider that capital-C Conservatives haven’t been tricked or manipulated into being awful.
Grooming is exactly it. I probably could have saved a wall of text by just using that term lol.
Religious indoctrination bothers me. The ways a lot of religious leaders perpetuate ignorance to keep people in their churches are ridiculous. Religious programming is a scourge to modern society. I understand some people might need it to help them, but too many use it as a crutch or cover up to keep doing shady things.
Thankfully, you pointed out the lack of individuality that comes with a lot of those systems. It’s wild to see that people yell about freedom while forcing others to their own strict standards.
Well said! I’ve looked deep into the minds of Republicans to try and understand why they believe what they believe and it comes down to lack of critical thinking capabilities, cold war education principles, religious indoctrination, and information manipulation. In short, grooming. They have been programmed to have faith in systems they don’t understand, to blindly do as they are told through propaganda reinforcement, and told to not be different in any way.
The most important thing we learned from the Dominion lawsuit was that the FOX network steered it’s coverage to appease the deplorables. So at least in this instance, it was the viewers radicalizing the network, not the other way round.
I think it’s time we consider that capital-C Conservatives haven’t been tricked or manipulated into being awful.
Grooming is exactly it. I probably could have saved a wall of text by just using that term lol.
Religious indoctrination bothers me. The ways a lot of religious leaders perpetuate ignorance to keep people in their churches are ridiculous. Religious programming is a scourge to modern society. I understand some people might need it to help them, but too many use it as a crutch or cover up to keep doing shady things.
Thankfully, you pointed out the lack of individuality that comes with a lot of those systems. It’s wild to see that people yell about freedom while forcing others to their own strict standards.