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"Tammy in Boise" deserved an answer, & a more compassionate response, than what she appears to have received on C-span. We CANNOT forget that right-wing "viewers at home" are often deceived, & don't understand they're being used as an implement of hate.
Right-wing media consumers are fed a diet of "alternative facts" that have no basis in lived reality, & therefore often have *no idea* that they should even be looking for other answers!
We were raised w/the idea that "liberal media" was lying to us, by *appearing* to care for
We were raised w/the idea that "liberal media" was lying to us, by *appearing* to care for
...the poor & marginalized. "They say the government is going to help you--but then suddenly THEY get the power! Power to decide how you live, raise your kids, worship, etc. NO ONE should have that power in a free country."
THAT is their schtick! Their only selling point!
What
THAT is their schtick! Their only selling point!
What
...they DON'T tell you is that, without government intervention & regulation, whoever controls the money is the one who makes those choices, & YOU have no elected voice to stop them.
Regardless, right-wing "viewers at home" have been conditioned to see Liberals & media as....
Regardless, right-wing "viewers at home" have been conditioned to see Liberals & media as....
...intentionally deceptive for SO LONG, that they'd never trust anything one says, until they reach THIS moment.
The moment Tammy in Boise reached.
The moment where she realized TRUMP was a liar.
At that moment, a right-wing viewer at home wonders, "If he was lying, does
The moment Tammy in Boise reached.
The moment where she realized TRUMP was a liar.
At that moment, a right-wing viewer at home wonders, "If he was lying, does
"...that mean that the liberal media was telling the TRUTH? Or were they lying too?"
This person is literally adrift in a sea of alternative facts, without a compass.
We MUST HAVE ANSWERS for them, because they, like the Borg, are victims, not perpetrators.
This person is literally adrift in a sea of alternative facts, without a compass.
We MUST HAVE ANSWERS for them, because they, like the Borg, are victims, not perpetrators.
If we want to look at these people & sneer because they're misogynistic homophobic racist child-cagers, understand they ACTUALLY THOUGHT they were woman-honoring, marriage-loving, equality-minded, child-liberators.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIG LIE DOES.
THAT'S WHAT THE BIG LIE DOES.
If you think, "That's not possible. There is NO WAY these people DON'T know that they're actually racist misogynist homophobic child cagers."
They thought Hillary Clinton & Anderson Cooper were drinking the blood of babies.
They thought someone w/ "Q Level Clearance" existed,
They thought Hillary Clinton & Anderson Cooper were drinking the blood of babies.
They thought someone w/ "Q Level Clearance" existed,
...& was passing info to the True Believers, but never ONCE thought to Google whether something like Q-level clearance had ever existed, or if clearance levels are denoted by the alphabet.
They're the SAME people who thought Procter & Gamble's leader made a deal w/ Satan.
Or thought daycares were being systemically used for Satanic Ritual Abuse.
Liars and predators lie to & prey upon vulnerable people.
Or thought daycares were being systemically used for Satanic Ritual Abuse.
Liars and predators lie to & prey upon vulnerable people.
