their low information on the issues that should matter to them
While I do agree with you in general, I don’t think lack of information is much of a factor. Anybody with an internet connection has access to a fucking fantastic amount of information, but here we are – I think the problem’s everywhere else than lack of access
I meant the information that they hold. If they only listen to propaganda outlets, what they actually “know” is very low information in terms of what’s true and correct, and instead they fill their heads with nonsense, hate and BS talking points.
One way to fight that is to give them real information, but that’s hard to do. There’s a reason their propaganda outlets have them convinced that experts and real journalists are “fake news,” because that way they can only get their diet of information directly from the right-wing bad-faith actors selling them the bullshit.
To them, it doesn’t matter that the internet is a click away, full of real news sources and real experts discussing the issues. They will never deliberately go read those sources, and if they ever run into any of that by accident, they’ll label it fake news and move right on.
In essence, the MAGAs are intellectually captive in the nefarious web of malicious right-wing propaganda, and have no means to break free on their own. In their world, Biden eats babies, the Democrats are trying to legalize 4th trimester abortions, Hillary Clinton abuses minors and Trump is the hero trying to stop it, and so on. They know almost nothing about facts and the real issues, and instead their brains are occupied with conspiracy theories, BS and hate.
One way to fight that is to give them real information, but that’s hard to do.
Exactly! This is why I think it’s not lack of information that’s the problem – if accurate information itself was enough, it wouldn’t be as hard as it is to inform conservatives
While I do agree with you in general, I don’t think lack of information is much of a factor. Anybody with an internet connection has access to a fucking fantastic amount of information, but here we are – I think the problem’s everywhere else than lack of access
I meant the information that they hold. If they only listen to propaganda outlets, what they actually “know” is very low information in terms of what’s true and correct, and instead they fill their heads with nonsense, hate and BS talking points.
One way to fight that is to give them real information, but that’s hard to do. There’s a reason their propaganda outlets have them convinced that experts and real journalists are “fake news,” because that way they can only get their diet of information directly from the right-wing bad-faith actors selling them the bullshit.
To them, it doesn’t matter that the internet is a click away, full of real news sources and real experts discussing the issues. They will never deliberately go read those sources, and if they ever run into any of that by accident, they’ll label it fake news and move right on.
In essence, the MAGAs are intellectually captive in the nefarious web of malicious right-wing propaganda, and have no means to break free on their own. In their world, Biden eats babies, the Democrats are trying to legalize 4th trimester abortions, Hillary Clinton abuses minors and Trump is the hero trying to stop it, and so on. They know almost nothing about facts and the real issues, and instead their brains are occupied with conspiracy theories, BS and hate.
Exactly! This is why I think it’s not lack of information that’s the problem – if accurate information itself was enough, it wouldn’t be as hard as it is to inform conservatives