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Bullshit. This isn't "conservative politics". This is right-wing hate behind the thinnest veil of "political entertainment". They don't really talk about small
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
Bullshit. This isn't "conservative politics". This is right-wing hate behind the thinnest veil of "political entertainment".
They don't really talk about small government or fiscal conservatism anymore. They talk about the "threat" that is posed by LGBTQ+ people and immigrants.
I can't even talk to my own father anymore without him getting angry. Angry about nothing. That's one of millions of very real relationships that have been very directly damaged by Fox News. They don't get to do that, then just shrug it off as it it's an accident, and not their primary business model.
- mlrtime 3y agoDude, you are very angry and I'd suggest you readjust. My father watches fox news 24/7. I used to be angry like you anytime we touched close to politics. Now, I just don't talk about it, it's not worth it and doesn't add any value to the relationship, and never did before. Hopefully you'll see this as you get older. Fox news didn't damage your relationship, sorry.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoI don't talk about it either. He insists we talk about it, or he silently stews over the lack of engagement, while disengaging from everyone else in the room. Sure, it didn't destroy our relationship, but I'm not going to pretend everything is just as good as it was 6 years ago: it's not. That's just one personal example, too. You would be hard-pressed to find a random 20-minute span of the Fox News network where the primary subject of discussion isn't hate or fear. Very rarely is the primary subject actually a political position. Fox News is a constant barrage of why you should be afraid of and angry at the very existence of every person who has interests or goals that don't match the interests and goals of a right-wing transphobic christian nationalist. Even if it were about presenting and supporting the political position of right-wing transphobic christian nationalism, it would be better. Fox News does not focus on any political position. Instead, they focus on the engagement of fear and hate that implies that position.
- parthianshotgun 3y agoDon't worry Thomas, you just need to "get older" as our patronizing interlocutor suggests
- thomastjeffery 3y agoI'm not too worried about their opinion. I just want to do what I can to show people the reality of the situation. Fox News doesn't get to maximize the engagement of its audience and minimize the engagement of its critics.
- parthianshotgun 3y agoOk good, keep up the fight and I shall too, it only dies in silence
- mlrtime 3y agoAnd fox news as the boogie man will continue to live in your heads. "Fight the good fight" ffs.
- parthianshotgun 3y agoWhat's the alternative? To do nothing? You my friend are a cynic, but your existence proves that you're probably less of a cynic than you let on
- mlrtime 3y agoDon't alienate the "other side", it drives them further away. Shake hands, understand why others feel the way they do. You don't have to agree, but it helps. I need to do this myself, but I don't walk around angry and blame "the other side"
- parthianshotgun 3y ago
- parthianshotgun 3y agoAh yes, the "don't talk about politics" approach. The one fundamental/procedural union of all with all, the thing that wretches all of us out from tribal/segregated animal existence. The biggest decision tree impacting our planet and the universe at large. That thing? Yeah just ignore it, if dad thinks killing the gays should be part of the law and I don't...well ya know, let's just lobotomize ourselves psychically so we never have to broach the truths of morality, ethics, justice, and never discuss the two paths humanity and walk down. Very well. Leave it to the others, what do we know anyways, it's not like we can do anything...