We’re angry and hurting, feeling betrayed and even threatened. We want to resist, fight back, make them feel pain.
And that’s exactly why Russia backed Trump, to convulse the US in internal conflicts. So Russia can be less afraid of us. Don’t take the bait.
Remember that the news amplifies those whose views are so extreme they provoke morbid curiosity. They are the few and the noisy.
Most people are fairly apathetic and easily led. They voted against high prices, not FOR Trumpism.
If a particular person says/does something worthy of being shunned, yes, do so. But most people were only Trump voters or Harris voters for one day. Campaigns “got out the vote” and begged for money, but they made no effort to encourage nuanced critical thinking. I wish there were a super PAC for that, but there isn’t.
Alas, that is a story we tell ourselves because we reflexively do not want to see.
@Y2cake
This is what I want a superPAC to address. Send a series of mailings to EVERY voter, each explaining one issue, maybe in comic book form. Why does the Fed set interest rates? How does the government actually collect tariffs? What is Citizens United? What is Chevron? Make the mailings so fair in presenting both sides that no one can tell who sent it, but let voters make up their minds based on understanding how issues affect them. And start now, so it’s not tied to one candidate.
@bmacmixer @Y2cake
We see them as powerful, but maybe 10% of people really participate in politics on line.
@EileenKCarpenter @Y2cake Where did you get that number?
Out of my butt, mostly, but it tracks with Pew research.
@EileenKCarpenter @Y2cake That makes more sense. They get their news from social media only sometimes too. I had a Trumper proudly tell me he gets all his news from Facebook. But to your point and that article … they don’t follow the candidates and do the work you are supposed to do before voting. It’s beyond infuriating that ignorance is a catalyst to pain and despair when it is so avoidable.
@EileenKCarpenter @Y2cake In my opinion even that won’t work effectively. A mailer doesn’t compete with social media propaganda echo chambers.