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While the rest of Reddit was lying about Hillary's favorability, only The Donald was posting accurate polls. They've continued to be more accurate than the othe

by Pimpus 8y ago

While the rest of Reddit was lying about Hillary's favorability, only The Donald was posting accurate polls. They've continued to be more accurate than the other subreddits, most recently with the Jussie Smolett thing. I think at this point people are willfully ignoring reality, though it's getting harder (the Russia collusion conspiracy theory is no longer cresible).

somebadguy 8y ago
Aww you poor stupid asshole. Why didn’t your mother follow her gut and have you aborted?
caconym_ 8y ago
r/T_D is completely fucking unhinged. The most memorable thing I saw there was a spree of posts explicitly praising Pinochet for the atrocities he committed, and calling for the same treatment for their political enemies; this stuff was upvoted to the top of the subreddit. I do not disagree that there is misinformation and biased content everywhere, but if you're turning to r/T_D as a general source of truths, you should take a step back.
- beaner 8y ago
  For every piece of fake news in the_donald, it legitimately calls out five examples from liberal sources. It's a combination of meme factory and watchdog group. It's a little crazy because it has to be. When you can't speak about your views reasonably and publicly because you'll be ostracised no matter what you say or how accurate it is, what else can you do? How else do you respond? The maga DC kid literally just stood there and was called a racist and bigot with calls for his face to be punched in and for him to be doxxed. Imagine if he opened his mouth to say something? That's the world people in the_donald live in. Fear to speak. And that story turned out to be fake news anyway. For people using it, the_donald played an important role of being a place where much of the truth of that situation was surfaced. I don't think you can really blame people for saying fuck it, if nobody's going to hear me out, I may as well be fun and funny and extreme while I do it. Plus, everybody knows that the real danger isn't that it promotes a lot of fake news, but that the real news that it does surface might be convincing. Between the memes, the_donald is part of a well-rounded news feed if your goal is to actually understand US politics and the viewpoints of many conservative thinkers, and not just blindly desire people to conform to something else. It obviously should not be your only news source.
  - caconym_ 8y ago
    > The maga DC kid literally just stood there and was called a racist and bigot with calls for his face to be punched in and for him to be doxxed. Imagine if he opened his mouth to say something? That's the world people in the_donald live in. Fear to speak. I'm in awe of the sort of mental gymnastics it must take to describe the content on r/T_D as "funny" and then turn around and exhibit all the nasty things said about the "maga DC kid" as an example of how horrible the other side is, and how marginalized and victimized "conservatives" are. Can you not see that these are two sides of the same extremist coin? I suppose that in allowing media like r/T_D and its ilk to shape your worldview, you lose that sort of perspective. The major theme of your comment—how badly "conservatives" are treated (by some unspecified oppressor(s)), how victimized they are—precisely mirrors the tone of r/T_D when I looked at it just now. I imagine that causing people to believe in this gradient of victimhood must interfere with their ability to examine their own beliefs using the same criteria they apply to others.

by Pimpus 8y ago

somebadguy 8y ago

Aww you poor stupid asshole. Why didn’t your mother follow her gut and have you aborted?

caconym_ 8y ago

r/T_D is completely fucking unhinged. The most memorable thing I saw there was a spree of posts explicitly praising Pinochet for the atrocities he committed, and calling for the same treatment for their political enemies; this stuff was upvoted to the top of the subreddit. I do not disagree that there is misinformation and biased content everywhere, but if you're turning to r/T_D as a general source of truths, you should take a step back.

beaner 8y ago
For every piece of fake news in the_donald, it legitimately calls out five examples from liberal sources. It's a combination of meme factory and watchdog group. It's a little crazy because it has to be. When you can't speak about your views reasonably and publicly because you'll be ostracised no matter what you say or how accurate it is, what else can you do? How else do you respond? The maga DC kid literally just stood there and was called a racist and bigot with calls for his face to be punched in and for him to be doxxed. Imagine if he opened his mouth to say something? That's the world people in the_donald live in. Fear to speak. And that story turned out to be fake news anyway. For people using it, the_donald played an important role of being a place where much of the truth of that situation was surfaced. I don't think you can really blame people for saying fuck it, if nobody's going to hear me out, I may as well be fun and funny and extreme while I do it. Plus, everybody knows that the real danger isn't that it promotes a lot of fake news, but that the real news that it does surface might be convincing. Between the memes, the_donald is part of a well-rounded news feed if your goal is to actually understand US politics and the viewpoints of many conservative thinkers, and not just blindly desire people to conform to something else. It obviously should not be your only news source.
- caconym_ 8y ago
  > The maga DC kid literally just stood there and was called a racist and bigot with calls for his face to be punched in and for him to be doxxed. Imagine if he opened his mouth to say something? That's the world people in the_donald live in. Fear to speak. I'm in awe of the sort of mental gymnastics it must take to describe the content on r/T_D as "funny" and then turn around and exhibit all the nasty things said about the "maga DC kid" as an example of how horrible the other side is, and how marginalized and victimized "conservatives" are. Can you not see that these are two sides of the same extremist coin? I suppose that in allowing media like r/T_D and its ilk to shape your worldview, you lose that sort of perspective. The major theme of your comment—how badly "conservatives" are treated (by some unspecified oppressor(s)), how victimized they are—precisely mirrors the tone of r/T_D when I looked at it just now. I imagine that causing people to believe in this gradient of victimhood must interfere with their ability to examine their own beliefs using the same criteria they apply to others.