There are a lot of people who just take in the regime's propaganda and accept it at face value without any critical thinking. That's why the NPC meme is so devastating.
Before people became so vocal and polarized about politics, there were some unsaid understandings between everybody. The kinds of implicit cultural values that make us think we live in a society. You may not care if your coworker votes Trump or Clinton, but you just assumed they believed in free speech, bodily autonomy, and the right to self-defense because it's America. Now Americans know that half the country is entirely at odds with the other half. We're surprised the "other side" doesn't agree with us because we just always assumed we had shared values. That and social media has poisoned the minds of a lot of people who never thought much about politics before.
And no you can't combat an idea with logic if someone didn't arrive at it through logic.
This is how I have felt for the last… Nearly two years, as my family and “friends” happily and willingly give up their rights and freedoms because the government demands they do, for their “helfff”, and never question why it keeps getting more and more restrictive…
My parents even wear masks when they don’t specifically have to, now. It’s quite scary to watch… 😒
The scariest part was seeing how many people's views were completely dependent on race. The fact that so many opinions changed given the race of the "victims" was a terrifying wake-up call to our current reality, recently reaffirmed by the Christmas parade massacre: leftists don't care if white people die.
it's such an insane reaction that I can't even begin to combat it with logic.
The Right's mistake for decades has been the misconception that they should try to apply logic to the situation rather than fashion their own weapons of emotional rhetoric.
There are a lot of people who just take in the regime's propaganda and accept it at face value without any critical thinking. That's why the NPC meme is so devastating.
Before people became so vocal and polarized about politics, there were some unsaid understandings between everybody. The kinds of implicit cultural values that make us think we live in a society. You may not care if your coworker votes Trump or Clinton, but you just assumed they believed in free speech, bodily autonomy, and the right to self-defense because it's America. Now Americans know that half the country is entirely at odds with the other half. We're surprised the "other side" doesn't agree with us because we just always assumed we had shared values. That and social media has poisoned the minds of a lot of people who never thought much about politics before.
And no you can't combat an idea with logic if someone didn't arrive at it through logic.
This is how I have felt for the last… Nearly two years, as my family and “friends” happily and willingly give up their rights and freedoms because the government demands they do, for their “helfff”, and never question why it keeps getting more and more restrictive…
My parents even wear masks when they don’t specifically have to, now. It’s quite scary to watch… 😒
I'm still shocked by how many people somehow were hypnotized into thinking Kyle shot a bunch of black people. Propaganda works, I guess.
The scariest part was seeing how many people's views were completely dependent on race. The fact that so many opinions changed given the race of the "victims" was a terrifying wake-up call to our current reality, recently reaffirmed by the Christmas parade massacre: leftists don't care if white people die.
The Right's mistake for decades has been the misconception that they should try to apply logic to the situation rather than fashion their own weapons of emotional rhetoric.