It's always so easy to blame women, isn't it?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@phaedral He's clearly the face of over 74,000,000 million of us, or why else would those 74,000,000+ choose to vote for him, knowing who he is?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@TCatInReality I think the fact that white men are overwhelmingly Trump's base of support should be front and center in our analysis of what's happening in the US right now.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@humanhorseshoes For sure.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@vashafer Yes, I agree.

[franklington@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy The best article I’ve read about American society

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@chiraag I think that overlooking the key — and huge — role that disinformation and propaganda, much of it emanating from hostile groups intent on deceiving and dividind us, would be naive and unhelpful. If we really want to understand what's going on right now….

But some of us choose to misunderstand, dont' we, as we love taking pot shots against groups we imagine we have down — the "Dems," e.g.?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Franklington His commentary is always really powerful, I find.

[phaedral@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy "They" don't "know who he is." "They" think Biden stole 2020, "they" think Trump is a successful business man (8 years of tv prove this.) "They" think and know all sorts of things you and I don't. He's not the face of any of these people, he's the mask and blindfold "they" have been seduced into wearing.

This probably won't correct itself during what is left of my life time. I cannot say I am undismayed. But I will not take my eye off of the basic goodness in us all.

[chiraag@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy Again, I acknowledged that there is misinformation, absolutely! But the facts I just laid out are just that, facts. And refusing to address those things builds up resentment and anger. We can't just attribute everything to misinformation when there *is* real pain and anxiety.

Progressives and leftists have been screaming about this in the media for at least a decade (namely, the 2016 election cycle) and we've been ignored. Look how that turned out.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@phaedral Yes, I'd agree that a lot of us who chose to vote for Trump will be in for a rude awakening. At the same time, I'd argue that we have an obligation — to ourselves, first and foremost — to seek the truth, to seek good sources of information, to consume media and news critically (and self-critically).

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@chiraag Where you're obviously interested in using the election results to mount attacks on people you see as centrist Democrats — and that term is far from describing me — I'm not interested at all in tearing apart the fragile alliances that bind those of us trying to push hard against a rapacious and powerful right.

I intend to keep my focus on that threat and to use my energy against it. If you want to make other choices, I wish you good luck with them.

[danetteb@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy so. Much. This.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Danetteb I agree — good commentary.

[chiraag@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy Look, I *want* the Dems to kick the GOP's butt because the GOP is a bunch of open fascists. But the strategy they've been using (they campaigned more with Liz Cheney than with *any other surrogate*) is failing. If you're not allowed to criticize your alliance when they keep fucking up, when *are* you allowed to criticize them?

Friends don't let friends lose to fascists.

[phaedral@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy I agree about that obligation! I think the ability to fulfill it is somewhat a matter of privilege, that is, not everyone is blessed with the intellect and experience to learn crap detection. (https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/crap-detection-101-3227013.php)

[tcatinreality@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy
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I've got zero time for the Dem blame game. We need to understand how #CriminalGrandpa 's con works and why it's attracting so many, especially White men

[extra_special_carbon@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy @AeonCypher They said, “left-leaning media can’t be trusted either.”

I agree. Left leaning media is often just a tool of right-leaning media.

That was not what you quoted. It wasn’t my statement, but I was agreeing with their statement.

[serendip1959@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

The one on the left is armoured safety glass, the one on the right is wax like they use in the movies. The point is the “glass ceiling” is not the same.

[vashafer@bookstodon.com]

@wdlindsy I think this is going to be worse than when Reagan was in office. A foreign-born éminence grise with his fingers in many defense and technological pies...why this isn't openly raising questions is beyond me.

[njwookie@mindly.social]

@wdlindsy

I don't think most know the potential harm of their vote for Trump. I speak to many Trump voters that have no idea how the government works & simply voted for him based on the promise of lower taxes & higher 401K returns.

The real problem isn't that power was handed to Trump, it's that government doesn't work for so many. They don't care if it blows up. hey don't want an authoritarian they want government that focuses on them or they just want their 401ks to last until they die.