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I really hate to make generalizations about either side tanking the integrity of the news, but I’m at the point of total over saturation for believing the left’

I really hate to make generalizations about either side tanking the integrity of the news, but I’m at the point of total over saturation for believing the left’s cries about doomsday being around the corner. I just emotionally and mentally have a hard time accepting it. It’s been more than 2 years (nearly 3?) of this type of nonsense. All our allies will turn on us. We will be engaged in more and more wars. The economy will rank, jobs will disappear, and every social benefit we’ve built over the last century will be eradicated. That’s all I’ve heard since Trump got on our radar. And so far I look around and none of it’s come to pass. It’s the boy who cried wolf. Maybe the economy will take a nose dive. Maybe. But I’m done investing myself in the major reporting channels. They’ve demonstrated to me that being accurate or reflective isn’t even an afterthought for them. They’d rather stir the pot for financial gain and then absolve themselves of responsibility. Not a behavior I’m going to invest my beliefs into any further.

throwaway98121 8y ago
Your views are entirely subjective. To many, Trumps foreign policy seems to be centered on breaking down Western order in favor of despots and not from a strategic perspective in favor of American interests but entirely his own financial schemes. Just about everyone from his administration has resigned, is in the midst of some investigation despite the Republican Party owning all branches of government, or both. There have been over 30 indictments related to the various investigations the last time I checked. The market has recently been wiped pretty hard. Issues are student loan debt are only getting worse, with the education secretary openly supporting predatory lending. I haven’t even gotten to the environmental rollbacks. I’m not saying the media is on Trump because they stand on some moral pedestal, but I do think something is seriously messed up, orthogonal to what any journalist or entertainer claims. The thing Trump has succeeded at is propaganda. If only not for immigrants whether legal or illegal, it would be like the good old times when blacks were slaves or at least had to use separate water fountains. Hispanics and Muslims are supposedly parasites. I’m just repeating the things I hear my staunchly pro Trump colleagues say at work at a very Republican company (energy). I have one coworker who literally said she’d support Trump even if he was found to be working with Russia the whole time. She believes he’s the only one who can protect us from Shariah law. I think there are several real issues in this country. My personal politics are fiscal conservatism while being socially liberal. I’m now a democrat although I voted against Obama twice because the Republican Party has become the party of blind nationalism led by a conman with a deemphasis on critical thinking.
- sbmthakur 8y ago
  > To many, Trumps foreign policy seems to be centered on breaking down Western order in favor of despots and not from a strategic perspective in favor of American interests but entirely his own financial schemes. As if the CIA didn't prop up "despots" back in the day. There was no Trump when the US was supporting Pol Pot or the brutal East Pakistan regime.
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erikpukinskis 8y ago
Yes, I see this with climate change and with women’s rights too. The system is just punishing for environmentalists and women. The quantity of “don’t care” that they get is just massive and unrelenting. It creates this kind of always-defensive feeling. Like, you get so used to people telling you your case realistically won’t get solved that you develop an attitude of “the world never lets up on me so I am always justified in speaking up for myself”. However that’s basically a form of desensitization, and you end up speaking up for yourself in cases that are only obliquely related to your core grievance. People notice that and it starts to dilute the message. I don’t know what the solution is, except I guess to make sure there are spaces where women and environmentalists can speak and really be heard. I’m not sure how much of that would be necessary to balance out the volume of “don’t care” they get, but probably a lot. I’ll add: I’m not trying to say women or environmentalists are uniquely swamped. Other people including men can experience the same thing for many reasons. I guess in that regard, maybe the thing to do is just generally make sure EVERYONE around you is getting heard. It doesn’t cost anything but a little time. You don’t even have to agree with them.

throwaway98121 8y ago

Your views are entirely subjective. To many, Trumps foreign policy seems to be centered on breaking down Western order in favor of despots and not from a strategic perspective in favor of American interests but entirely his own financial schemes. Just about everyone from his administration has resigned, is in the midst of some investigation despite the Republican Party owning all branches of government, or both. There have been over 30 indictments related to the various investigations the last time I checked. The market has recently been wiped pretty hard. Issues are student loan debt are only getting worse, with the education secretary openly supporting predatory lending. I haven’t even gotten to the environmental rollbacks. I’m not saying the media is on Trump because they stand on some moral pedestal, but I do think something is seriously messed up, orthogonal to what any journalist or entertainer claims. The thing Trump has succeeded at is propaganda. If only not for immigrants whether legal or illegal, it would be like the good old times when blacks were slaves or at least had to use separate water fountains. Hispanics and Muslims are supposedly parasites. I’m just repeating the things I hear my staunchly pro Trump colleagues say at work at a very Republican company (energy). I have one coworker who literally said she’d support Trump even if he was found to be working with Russia the whole time. She believes he’s the only one who can protect us from Shariah law. I think there are several real issues in this country. My personal politics are fiscal conservatism while being socially liberal. I’m now a democrat although I voted against Obama twice because the Republican Party has become the party of blind nationalism led by a conman with a deemphasis on critical thinking.

sbmthakur 8y ago
> To many, Trumps foreign policy seems to be centered on breaking down Western order in favor of despots and not from a strategic perspective in favor of American interests but entirely his own financial schemes. As if the CIA didn't prop up "despots" back in the day. There was no Trump when the US was supporting Pol Pot or the brutal East Pakistan regime.

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erikpukinskis 8y ago

Yes, I see this with climate change and with women’s rights too. The system is just punishing for environmentalists and women. The quantity of “don’t care” that they get is just massive and unrelenting. It creates this kind of always-defensive feeling. Like, you get so used to people telling you your case realistically won’t get solved that you develop an attitude of “the world never lets up on me so I am always justified in speaking up for myself”. However that’s basically a form of desensitization, and you end up speaking up for yourself in cases that are only obliquely related to your core grievance. People notice that and it starts to dilute the message. I don’t know what the solution is, except I guess to make sure there are spaces where women and environmentalists can speak and really be heard. I’m not sure how much of that would be necessary to balance out the volume of “don’t care” they get, but probably a lot. I’ll add: I’m not trying to say women or environmentalists are uniquely swamped. Other people including men can experience the same thing for many reasons. I guess in that regard, maybe the thing to do is just generally make sure EVERYONE around you is getting heard. It doesn’t cost anything but a little time. You don’t even have to agree with them.