My family and I lived in and I worked in one of the more affluent Detroit suburbs and we still have acquaintances there. I was shocked at the level of overt Biden support during 2020, COVID narrative acceptance, and support for Whitmer prior to the 2022 gubernatorial election. But I also saw that in Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Lansing, and…
My family and I lived in and I worked in one of the more affluent Detroit suburbs and we still have acquaintances there. I was shocked at the level of overt Biden support during 2020, COVID narrative acceptance, and support for Whitmer prior to the 2022 gubernatorial election. But I also saw that in Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Lansing, and more obviously in Ann Arbor being the home of the leftist think tank at U of M.
Mitch was always a liberal. That said, it's hard to understand how otherwise intelligent people can devolve into becoming ideological parrots.
I wonder the same about people I know. Could the manipulation of what some people see, hear, and read be so complete, so competent, that they are 'brainwashed' over time? But what about their souls - it seems to me that for the most part our 'side' criticizes policy and action, whereas the other criticizes (or worse) the *person* (or perhaps it only appears that way, as I try to peer around the log blocking my vision). It's clear that the Left categorizes people and 'others' those they want to be in the out-group, but I see a spillover into public comments about individuals who are outwardly similar such as Trump and Biden.
I noticed that. I try to talk about the processes like you said—policies, consequences of those policies but they get right down to personal attacks. I so try not to get personal but all I get back is what’s wrong with me. Of course they have nothing left but that kind of talk. They can’t back anything up. I’m weary in my soul. My life is all I can control.
I think a lot of it is hubris and an almost religious self righteousness. A lack of humility. The need to feel part of the “in” crowd and look down on those who aren’t. For all their constant blathering about “diversity” they hate any thoughts or opinions that stray outside of the prescribed narrative. Diversity of thought is absolutely verboten. It’d be almost comical if it wasn’t so dangerous 😕
My family and I lived in and I worked in one of the more affluent Detroit suburbs and we still have acquaintances there. I was shocked at the level of overt Biden support during 2020, COVID narrative acceptance, and support for Whitmer prior to the 2022 gubernatorial election. But I also saw that in Flint, Saginaw, Bay City, Lansing, and more obviously in Ann Arbor being the home of the leftist think tank at U of M.
Mitch was always a liberal. That said, it's hard to understand how otherwise intelligent people can devolve into becoming ideological parrots.
I wonder the same about people I know. Could the manipulation of what some people see, hear, and read be so complete, so competent, that they are 'brainwashed' over time? But what about their souls - it seems to me that for the most part our 'side' criticizes policy and action, whereas the other criticizes (or worse) the *person* (or perhaps it only appears that way, as I try to peer around the log blocking my vision). It's clear that the Left categorizes people and 'others' those they want to be in the out-group, but I see a spillover into public comments about individuals who are outwardly similar such as Trump and Biden.
I noticed that. I try to talk about the processes like you said—policies, consequences of those policies but they get right down to personal attacks. I so try not to get personal but all I get back is what’s wrong with me. Of course they have nothing left but that kind of talk. They can’t back anything up. I’m weary in my soul. My life is all I can control.
I think a lot of it is hubris and an almost religious self righteousness. A lack of humility. The need to feel part of the “in” crowd and look down on those who aren’t. For all their constant blathering about “diversity” they hate any thoughts or opinions that stray outside of the prescribed narrative. Diversity of thought is absolutely verboten. It’d be almost comical if it wasn’t so dangerous 😕