My 80 year old mother, a die-hard Democrat, believes he is a kook and conspiracy theorist despite never having listened to him. That is the message she is getting from mainstream news and her democrat youtube channels. She also reads and listens to every anti-Trump source. She completely believes he is stupid, illiterate and a racist.....this what we are up against.
My 80 year old mother, a die-hard Democrat, believes he is a kook and conspiracy theorist despite never having listened to him. That is the message she is getting from mainstream news and her democrat youtube channels. She also reads and listens to every anti-Trump source. She completely believes he is stupid, illiterate and a racist.....this what we are up against.
Wow. Disheartening. I have relatives like this also. MSM is pure propaganda. Talk about gardening, recipes and travel with these people. They are not going to entertain another perspective.
Except there are many Democrats whose experience of our Covid-induced dystopia woke them up to the Uniparty game that is delivering our freedom and economy to the globalists. And more people are waking up every day.
I was completely redpilled by Covid. Not in the sense that I became a Republican, more in the sense that I see ALL monolithic state institutions as inherently corrupt and possibly not having the best interest of anyone but the elites in mind.
S Smith, to be "red-pilled" is not necessarily to become a Republican--it just means that the scales have fallen from your eyes, and mind, and that you no longer lap up the BS narratives you had believed in so fervently for decades. From that point, many political destinations are possible. RFK is one of them.
Yeah, that's exactly what happened to me. After what happened during Covid, I can't say that I will ever see gov't or people the same way again. Within an instant family members and whole communities turned against the skeptics. We became enemy #1--even those of us with the most robust progressive bona-fides. We were the g'ma killers and the racists, because we even dared to question the narrative. It was such an alienating experience for me.
It is also apparent to me that we are in a feudal system in the U.S. where we actually work for these bloated gov't entities, which also prop up giant corporations--they do not work for us. This goes across the board, both parties, and deep into even professional sports, the entertainment industry, but most especially the medical and military industrial complexes. What's remarkable is the the left, the legit and not synthetic left, used to rail against all of these things. That was why I initially was "left."
Well said! Accountability is the hallmark of a functioning democratic republic and a functioning free market. We no longer see either, which is a big clue we've lost both, or are very close to that tipping point.
It absolutely amazes me that the political leaders didnтАЩt rally the people to join together to combat the common coronavirus enemy! TrumpтАЩs lies about it (admitted by Trump to Bob Woodward, preserved on tape) split the nation even further, allowing the virus to spread and mutate. The disrespect for virologists and immunologists is disheartening. About half the babies born didnтАЩt live to be adults before a vaccines.
My Dad, who is 78 and also, now a diehard Dem, said the exact same thing to me on Saturday: "He's a lunatic." People just don't even look into things anymore. . . .
The 70 years of TV and then cable plus the bought-off media and we know what we are supposed to think. I was never a TV watcher and did not even have one between 1986 and 2009. Ditched it about a year ago. No newspapers either. My two sons kept me abreast of things from their perspective. That has been invaluable in seeing reality.
I cut the cable cord a few decades ago, had withdrawal symptoms for a month or two that were ameliorated by a nice Cabernet, and never looked back. That said, we need to end the censorship of the net.
(I love to hear all the opinions expressed in the comments...really gives hope!)
I have never owned a television. It became impossible to completely avoid. There was a television in the locker room of my health club, in the bank, in the doctor's waiting room, and even on the pumps at the gas station. I got out of the USA in 2018.
Pervasive for a reason. And CNN live at the airports! Did you know that in the early days of TV England required all of its citizens to own a TV. If you did not get one, it provided you with one and collected money from you every month.
No undue criticism of your mother particularly, but, anyone who is still a тАЬdie hard democratтАЭ has surrendered any original thought - itтАЩs simply a disqualification for staying attached to the party. TheyтАЩre simply repeaters, like Wi-Fi repeaters. They ravenously receive the message, and rabidly spread it forward without any consideration as to logic, veracity, common sense, etc.
I have these types of people in my life as well. Its a nice idea to collaborate to come up with some good responses to these folks. Ask them exactly what it is about his platform that makes him a kook, maybe. When they parrot the MSNBC talking points, clarify his position. It may not be effective but can't hurt, right?
My 80 year old mother, a die-hard Democrat, believes he is a kook and conspiracy theorist despite never having listened to him. That is the message she is getting from mainstream news and her democrat youtube channels. She also reads and listens to every anti-Trump source. She completely believes he is stupid, illiterate and a racist.....this what we are up against.
Wow. Disheartening. I have relatives like this also. MSM is pure propaganda. Talk about gardening, recipes and travel with these people. They are not going to entertain another perspective.
Never underestimate the loyalty of the zombie dwarfs.
Except there are many Democrats whose experience of our Covid-induced dystopia woke them up to the Uniparty game that is delivering our freedom and economy to the globalists. And more people are waking up every day.
I was completely redpilled by Covid. Not in the sense that I became a Republican, more in the sense that I see ALL monolithic state institutions as inherently corrupt and possibly not having the best interest of anyone but the elites in mind.
S Smith, to be "red-pilled" is not necessarily to become a Republican--it just means that the scales have fallen from your eyes, and mind, and that you no longer lap up the BS narratives you had believed in so fervently for decades. From that point, many political destinations are possible. RFK is one of them.
Yeah, that's exactly what happened to me. After what happened during Covid, I can't say that I will ever see gov't or people the same way again. Within an instant family members and whole communities turned against the skeptics. We became enemy #1--even those of us with the most robust progressive bona-fides. We were the g'ma killers and the racists, because we even dared to question the narrative. It was such an alienating experience for me.
It is also apparent to me that we are in a feudal system in the U.S. where we actually work for these bloated gov't entities, which also prop up giant corporations--they do not work for us. This goes across the board, both parties, and deep into even professional sports, the entertainment industry, but most especially the medical and military industrial complexes. What's remarkable is the the left, the legit and not synthetic left, used to rail against all of these things. That was why I initially was "left."
Well said! Accountability is the hallmark of a functioning democratic republic and a functioning free market. We no longer see either, which is a big clue we've lost both, or are very close to that tipping point.
Well said, S Smith!
It absolutely amazes me that the political leaders didnтАЩt rally the people to join together to combat the common coronavirus enemy! TrumpтАЩs lies about it (admitted by Trump to Bob Woodward, preserved on tape) split the nation even further, allowing the virus to spread and mutate. The disrespect for virologists and immunologists is disheartening. About half the babies born didnтАЩt live to be adults before a vaccines.
Not fast enough.
My Dad, who is 78 and also, now a diehard Dem, said the exact same thing to me on Saturday: "He's a lunatic." People just don't even look into things anymore. . . .
The 70 years of TV and then cable plus the bought-off media and we know what we are supposed to think. I was never a TV watcher and did not even have one between 1986 and 2009. Ditched it about a year ago. No newspapers either. My two sons kept me abreast of things from their perspective. That has been invaluable in seeing reality.
I cut the cable cord a few decades ago, had withdrawal symptoms for a month or two that were ameliorated by a nice Cabernet, and never looked back. That said, we need to end the censorship of the net.
(I love to hear all the opinions expressed in the comments...really gives hope!)
It is a taste of freedom that probably goes well with Cabernet. In my case it's Dr. Pepper.
The comments also show how formidable the enemy is mind control.
I have never owned a television. It became impossible to completely avoid. There was a television in the locker room of my health club, in the bank, in the doctor's waiting room, and even on the pumps at the gas station. I got out of the USA in 2018.
Pervasive for a reason. And CNN live at the airports! Did you know that in the early days of TV England required all of its citizens to own a TV. If you did not get one, it provided you with one and collected money from you every month.
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No undue criticism of your mother particularly, but, anyone who is still a тАЬdie hard democratтАЭ has surrendered any original thought - itтАЩs simply a disqualification for staying attached to the party. TheyтАЩre simply repeaters, like Wi-Fi repeaters. They ravenously receive the message, and rabidly spread it forward without any consideration as to logic, veracity, common sense, etc.
My 80-year-old Mom is of the exact same ilk. Are we unknown siblings, you and I? :) You have my deepest sympathies.....
I have these types of people in my life as well. Its a nice idea to collaborate to come up with some good responses to these folks. Ask them exactly what it is about his platform that makes him a kook, maybe. When they parrot the MSNBC talking points, clarify his position. It may not be effective but can't hurt, right?