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David Lee's avatar

I want to believe a significant segment of the population will understand his political stances. I'm highly skeptical that they won't. Okay I'm certain of it. Why?

The Twitter Files are proof that a significant portion of our country experiences a total blackout. I've written this message previously. I live in the most blue (and perhaps wealthiest) counties in the country. Marin (bordering on SF). This weekend I was at a dinner party with six good friends. In the group there are 3 successful attorneys, an MD (Head of Nutrition for a top 10 HMO) and a couple highly successful business leaders. They are all democrats. They are all "willing" to listen to other viewpoints. They are not vitriolic - if that makes sense? I mentioned that I was somewhat unhealthily obsessed by the Twitter Files. All six asked the same questions "what are the Twitter Files"? All were 100% oblivious. Their primary new sources are The NY Times, SF Chron, The Marin IJ (our local publication), and NBC/ABC/CBS nightly news. Some watch Bill Maher. They've never heard of the Twitter Files? They were split 50/50 on liking Elon Musk or thinking he's a right wing tool.

My point? When I said I'm thinking of vote Dem (ish) and RFK Jr. most didn't know he was running. A couple thought he was controversial...."the vax or something?". Six months from now, if Bobby is still hanging at 20% (or more) I predict he will have been successfully tarnished as that "wacko anti-vax guy who's basically a Trump surrogate". These are people who have the ability - and virtues - to absorb Bobby's political views, but I'm nearly willing to guarantee they'll never hear them, because the media they follow will have successfully portrayed Bobby as a whacko, non-entity.

It's sad.

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Shelley's avatar

That is exactly why the bulk of society complaining about the lockdowns, masks, and gene jabs where not those people but those already cautious or outright dubious of our government and media. They know who everyone is and what they are up to. I'm one of them.

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William Taylor's avatar

This sounds familiar. Some people are so busy being "successful" that they are forced to rely on fast food news sources and are oblivious of (and often dismissive of) many important people/stories.

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