Why are the right so damn good at doing this? It's like they hardly even have to try, their nonsense spreads like wildfire. Is it that people naturally respond easier to the culture/power issues? Or is it that the democrats often get bogged down in wonky details? Gads, it's depressing.
Why are the right so damn good at doing this? It's like they hardly even have to try, their nonsense spreads like wildfire. Is it that people naturally respond easier to the culture/power issues? Or is it that the democrats often get bogged down in wonky details? Gads, it's depressing.
My take: it is easier to react than to think, and nowadays there are too many on the right who like to take the path of least resistance, regardless of its ultimate cost, and most personal gain. Fundamentally it is about critical thinking and the willingness to actually engage with issues. The right increasingly is populated by swarms of people who thrive on others doing their thinking for them and feeding them ready-made talking points to regurgitate on cue. It is intellectually lazy to an extreme, but they are okay with being manipulated as long as the message speaks to their core beliefs and attitudes. In contrast the left tends to seek ideas and solutions rather than soundbites and targets, and even though they don't always see eye-to-eye on exactly what best to do and how, they concur that we need an agenda that is forward-looking rather than backward and in service to the community more than to the edification of the self. An oversimplification? Probably. But it seems to be the core of what I'm observing across the many issues that hit our inboxes at a given moment in time.
Why are the right so damn good at doing this? It's like they hardly even have to try, their nonsense spreads like wildfire. Is it that people naturally respond easier to the culture/power issues? Or is it that the democrats often get bogged down in wonky details? Gads, it's depressing.
My take: it is easier to react than to think, and nowadays there are too many on the right who like to take the path of least resistance, regardless of its ultimate cost, and most personal gain. Fundamentally it is about critical thinking and the willingness to actually engage with issues. The right increasingly is populated by swarms of people who thrive on others doing their thinking for them and feeding them ready-made talking points to regurgitate on cue. It is intellectually lazy to an extreme, but they are okay with being manipulated as long as the message speaks to their core beliefs and attitudes. In contrast the left tends to seek ideas and solutions rather than soundbites and targets, and even though they don't always see eye-to-eye on exactly what best to do and how, they concur that we need an agenda that is forward-looking rather than backward and in service to the community more than to the edification of the self. An oversimplification? Probably. But it seems to be the core of what I'm observing across the many issues that hit our inboxes at a given moment in time.
Because they have a huge media infrastructure to do exactly that, that they’ve been building for decades. Doom loop.