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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2024
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You seem to be under the impression that empathy and rationality will break through the divide and reach them. Why? My experiences over the last decade tell me that isn't remotely true. You make it sound like a noble goal, and maybe it is, but I don't think it's practical or realistic in any sense of those words.
They've abandoned reality in favor of delusion. You can't reach someone in that state of mind because they immediately label you as an other and stop listening. Call that judgment elitist if you like but I don't think it changes the truthfulness of the statement.
Most everyone has abandoned reality in favor of delusion. That's the point. Everyone sees the world from their own perspective, or the perspective of their bubble or tribe or religion.
"The algorithm" mostly shows me left-leaning news. Aside from major news orgs like AP, any other source of information is pushing a narrative. They're twisting the words of presidents, former presidents, other news persons, etc. to make it seem a certain way. Video clips are cut short or taken out of context. Headlines are grossly misleading. A minor inconsequential event or statement is flipped on social media to be today's trending topic - which may very well sway an election. The entire world is flooded with lies targeting everyone, regardless of your politics.
Pushing people away because you disagree with them, or because you think they're "crazy", only fortifies the establishment of their beliefs among others. You're putting them in a corner where they can crowd together and commiserate about being called crazy while they point at you and eye you up as the enemy.
People are afraid. They're struggling to get by. They're desperate for someone to listen to them and provide salvation.
We all need to recognize we're being manipulated. Everyone is susceptible to mistruths, regardless of your education. We need to be more curious and empathetic and accept we may be wrong about something and that our perspective is not the only perspective that matters.
Yeah, sure, let's take a moment to really listen to the people who are sending death threats to fucking meteorologists.
That's one of the weirder "BoTh sIdEs" takes I've seen in a while. If left leaning news and voters were at all comparable in terms of misinformation you would have a point but the difference is orders of magnitude apart so it just seems like you're trying to equate two vastly different things.