A good in-depth discussion of media bias in political reporting, or why is it that Biden voters are encouraged to understand an empathize with Trump voters but Trump voters are never asked to understand Biden voters?

  • Tedesche@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What else do I need to understand?

    Why they’re acting the way they are. Your explanation is “they’re crazy bigots.” Well, their explanation for your political alignment is you’re a freedom-hating communist. So your explanation of them has all the nuance and intellectual strength that theirs does if you.

    But hey, you can’t find it in yourself to rise above that bullshit, I’m not sure I can help you.

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      1 year ago

      The difference is that it’s very easy to point to examples of them destroying civil liberties (abortion), education (defunding schools), and banning books (homosexuality as a topic in particular), and history (teaching the upsides of slavery). Whereas they never have any actual examples of the left hating freedom or being communist.

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        1 year ago

        Whereas they never have any actual examples of the left hating freedom or being communist.

        Spoken like someone who has never bothered to ask one of them why they think this. You’re just proving my point.

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          1 year ago

          Feel free to provide some examples then, otherwise quit with the both-sides bullshit.

          And no, kitty litter in classrooms isn’t a good example

    • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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      But hey, you can’t find it in yourself to rise above that bullshit, I’m not sure I can help you.

      If you think the only difference between what Republicans and Democrats are doing with the country right now is a matter of perspective, I’m quite sure I can’t help you.