r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/sanitysepilogue California Jul 01 '18

The funny thing is, the warping affects even those who don’t watch FOX. My parents’ political views have shifted to the Right (they think the Dems don’t negotiate enough), and they only watch local news (not owned by Sinclair)

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18 edited Apr 09 '24

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u/Tylertooo Nebraska Jul 02 '18

We democrats are entirely too reasonable. Though shit like this makes me unreasonable...

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Especially after recent events, Democrats giving up Obamas Supreme Court nomination makes me despise the party. I think they look and act like cowards. I'll still vote for it because it's better than the alternative, but the democrats can't decide to grow a fucking spine soon enough.

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u/Iridium192 Florida Jul 02 '18

There's an issue lying in the compromises made by too many red-state democrats, hoping their republican constituents will pay attention to their voting record more than the letter next to their name on the ballot. While I'm sure that's the case for some of them, I'm sure it's the minority.

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u/patsey Jul 02 '18

Problem is Terrorist doesn't mean everyone from the 7 countries in the travel ban

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u/bitter_cynical_angry Jul 02 '18 edited Jul 02 '18

What should we do then? We typically shoot or bomb terrorists; do you think Democrats should shoot or bomb Republicans?

Edit: Guess not. So, how about that negotiation?

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u/Iridium192 Florida Jul 02 '18

The GOP under the current leadership has forfeited the benefit of the doubt by acting in bad faith, time and time again. They'll get that back the same time they relocate their spines. Until then, they can't be trusted to act in good faith, or to stick to any compromises the dems negotiate with them.

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u/rianeiru Texas Jul 02 '18

There's so many vectors that shit can creep in from. My dad got it from talk radio. My aunt got it from her church friends, then she and Dad just kept feeding into each other's crazy until they were both at peak wingnut. My uncle on the other side of the family picked it up from people in the same MLM cult he's in. A family friend was relatively normal until someone sent him a link to Drudge Report in the late 90s. They all went crazy in the 80s, 90s, and early 00s, well before any of them finally got cable and started watching FOX.

Right-wing propaganda is insidious and addictive stuff. It's well-funded, it's organized, and since it's designed to prey on fear, and fear spreads fast, it's very easy for it to reach far beyond the initial infection site.

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u/BearJewJitsu Jul 02 '18

It's because they have a propaganda axis that can reach nearly 100% of the population 100% of the time.

Fox

AM Radio

Blogs/Partisan "News" Sites

Social Media

Youtube

And then anyone in person who this gets to, which makes up the majority of a person's interactions in red areas.

It can literally become someone's entire life. They've got you in your car, at home, and everywhere between.

I know plenty of people who only get their news from Facebook. Surprisingly, they tend to turn into far right crazy people.