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Originally Posted by photon
My dad just posted something about Rudy's presser and evil socialists stealing the election... I try not to discuss politics too much at family get togethers anymore.
The "I Love Chestermere" Facebook group had to shut down all discussion about the pandemic entirely because Chestermere passed a bylaw mandating masks a few days ago people were going crazy with "my freedom" type posts and anti-Biden memes and stuff.
It's a little nutty.
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FOX News, as well as various social media platforms, have created world view for some people where Trump was extremely popular and was doing an amazing job. To people who got sucked into that grift, they truly believe that Trump could not lose in a fair election. They fell for brainwashing propaganda. They are honestly bewildered that Trump wouldn't completely dominate the election results.
I say that with the full realization that we are all products of what information we choose to believe. I choose to expose myself to more centrist and left-leaning media. Let's be honest, very few people have the time to take everything in and have to decide where they want to get their information from, and most people are going to choose sources that make them the least frustrated.
The difference between the left and right in my opinion though, is that the mainstream left is a lot more critical, and even self-deprecating of itself. There is an element of internal judgement that I don't see on the right. The left is always asking, "What are we doing so wrong that others aren't buying in?", while the right sees internal criticism as a weakness. Which to be fair, it absolutely is at times. In politics, displays of strength typically pay dividends.