#Politics Listening to a livestream feed from an Alabama radio station. They claim that African-Americans will vote en masse for #Trump in November because "Democrats are about to ban menthol cigarettes."
(Which would be a pretty neat trick with Republicans in the House majority.)
Turns out the truth is that nation's oldest group representing Black physicians just sued the FDA because the agency had *not* banned menthol cigarettes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/health/menthol-tobacco-fda-lawsuit/index.html
#Politics This Alabama radio station talk show host is now calling IVF "a grave evil," says it's "purchasing children."
#Politics "We live in a culture that denies the difference between men and women." 🙄
@WordsmithFL I've really begun to think that the majority of these "beliefs" are held for performative and/or financial reasons. Not only did the Internet give almost everyone in the first world a way to have their voice heard and to reach multitudes but it also amplifies confirmation biases to an extent never before seen in history. Your listening right now is proof positive. This guy will "radicalize" some portion of Americans whereas before it would only have been a limited no. of Alabamans.
@hallmarc Yeah, it's all about the ratings. The same with #Trump, the same with #FoxNews. You build a dedicate base with a demonstrable propensity to buy the product you're hawking.
I read an article recently that Republicans have pretty much tapped out the small-dollar donors because Trump milked them dry. The big-dollar donors know w loser when they see one, so they're not sending him money any more.
"We're taught that some people are evil."
#Politics "Liberal actors are functionally illiterate."
I'm waiting for a ballgame to begin, which is why I'm listening to this livestream, but good lord it's easy to see how people addicted to this garbage get poisoned by it.