(09-24-2022, 10:08 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(09-24-2022, 09:34 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Social media and opinion "news" shows are why this country is dive bombing so fantastically. Opinions are not fact but most folks love an echo chamber and won't listen to anything that doesn't confirm their bias or opinion.

It's tragic.

My father is convinced that my kids will grow up under a fascist dictatorship and my father in law is convinced that my kids will grow up under communism. Guess which TV news network each one watches. And they get really upset about this stuff too.  We can't really talk about it. With either of them.

Part of why I post here is to burst bubbles and show folks that the other side is not scary.  Whichever side.  You don't need to be fearful of simple political ideas.  Be afraid of people who stuff ballot boxes or who try to prevent people from voting.  Those are the truly dangerous ideas.  Other ideas aren't as dangerous because they can be voted down.