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What is your reasoning?

papito 7y ago
They are watching Fox News and listening to the chief executive, who keep telling them "this is fine, as you were". I myself am not worried, but I AM worried about my Fox News watching elderly parents. They are in danger the most. Also, mis-informed. This is how years of denial, spin, propaganda, lying, and gaslighting end up being. In fact - deadly.
- allovernow 7y ago
  You know Democrats (media and Schumer's tweet) immediately accused Trump of sinophobia when he (appropriately) shut down travel with China? This is really not the time for petty partisan politics. Both parties are propaganda machines. It is the nature of the two party system.
  - papito 7y ago
    You mean Mexico. He wanted to shut the border with MEXICO, for no apparent practical reason, and refused at first to let Americans off a cruise ship, because he wanted to "keep the numbers low".
    - allovernow 7y ago
      No, I mean China. I personally witnessed the tweet before it was deleted. >https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/chuck_schumer_quietly_deletes_his_tweet_criticizing_trumps_china_travel_ban_as_premature_and_war_against_immigrants.html https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/chuck_schumer_q...
- smt1 7y ago
  I think it's 33% distrust in governmental institutions, especially the liberal elite fake news CDC, 33% the fact that it's mostly hit large cities so far, and 33% the direct actions of the administration and the right wing media machine. I think the fact that it's an election year, more people are susceptible to thinking the pandemic is overblown and thus a conspiracy to defeat Trump.
- jfengel 7y ago
  I'm curious how Fox News chose to push for denial rather than, say blaming it on international or ideological opponents. Perhaps it's just that they can change course without any pushback from their demographic -- they're happy believing that we've always been at war with Eastasia. Still, it must cost them something to be quite so demonstrably wrong on something that's so much in people's faces. (As opposed to, say, climate change, where the effects are much slower and more easily shuffled under "the heat wave and fires are just weather".)
rtkwe 7y ago
It's right there in their post... older voting population combined with taking fewer precautions against the virus. Both mean it might have a larger affect on the republican block. Personally I'm not sure if it will outweigh how democrats are more likely to live in denser urban areas where spread is faster.
- rstupek 7y ago
  Parent edited his post without noting the edit. Prior to the edit it did not include any information except that republicans would be more largely effected.

They are watching Fox News and listening to the chief executive, who keep telling them "this is fine, as you were". I myself am not worried, but I AM worried about my Fox News watching elderly parents. They are in danger the most. Also, mis-informed. This is how years of denial, spin, propaganda, lying, and gaslighting end up being. In fact - deadly.

allovernow 7y ago
You know Democrats (media and Schumer's tweet) immediately accused Trump of sinophobia when he (appropriately) shut down travel with China? This is really not the time for petty partisan politics. Both parties are propaganda machines. It is the nature of the two party system.
- papito 7y ago
  You mean Mexico. He wanted to shut the border with MEXICO, for no apparent practical reason, and refused at first to let Americans off a cruise ship, because he wanted to "keep the numbers low".
  - allovernow 7y ago
    No, I mean China. I personally witnessed the tweet before it was deleted. >https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/chuck_schumer_quietly_deletes_his_tweet_criticizing_trumps_china_travel_ban_as_premature_and_war_against_immigrants.html https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/chuck_schumer_q...
smt1 7y ago
I think it's 33% distrust in governmental institutions, especially the liberal elite fake news CDC, 33% the fact that it's mostly hit large cities so far, and 33% the direct actions of the administration and the right wing media machine. I think the fact that it's an election year, more people are susceptible to thinking the pandemic is overblown and thus a conspiracy to defeat Trump.
jfengel 7y ago
I'm curious how Fox News chose to push for denial rather than, say blaming it on international or ideological opponents. Perhaps it's just that they can change course without any pushback from their demographic -- they're happy believing that we've always been at war with Eastasia. Still, it must cost them something to be quite so demonstrably wrong on something that's so much in people's faces. (As opposed to, say, climate change, where the effects are much slower and more easily shuffled under "the heat wave and fires are just weather".)

rtkwe 7y ago

It's right there in their post... older voting population combined with taking fewer precautions against the virus. Both mean it might have a larger affect on the republican block. Personally I'm not sure if it will outweigh how democrats are more likely to live in denser urban areas where spread is faster.

rstupek 7y ago
Parent edited his post without noting the edit. Prior to the edit it did not include any information except that republicans would be more largely effected.