So here is the thing that I have been considering today and
contemplating as unanswerable, and yet still important. I have
seen/read in different sources (news, Sojourners magazine) recently that
literally more conservative Americans are receiving a different version
on their news sources (Fox, etc.) of what 45 is doing and saying. One
might say (and yes I am saying) that they are not being told the truth.
So what I have been thinking about is: if they were being told the
truth, or that which mainstream media is laying bare, and they were to
see/hear that it is different than that which their own usual news
sources presents, would that make a difference to 45's base? So to take
this further: what I am really trying to figure out is, if his base
was exposed to what it is that mainstream news sources (CNN/MSNBC) are
broadcasting, and that base was to realize that it is different from
what their own news sources are broadcasting, would they question their
own news sources? Or just believe automatically that the mainstream is
biased against the president? Since I believe the mainstream version of
things that I hear/read everyday would they do the same with their own
sources, or would they be curious as to why things are different? Are
there truly groups of people in the United States so different from one
another that what I am unable to accept as acceptable is truly okay with
another group? Like, what is going to happen in November? Am I going
to be stuck living in a country with this president still in office
because other people in this country find his stupidity and his lying
and his immorality acceptable?
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