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MostlyHarmlessCNN & FOX News have done to our parents exactly what they thought Marylin Manson and violent video games would do to us.
FrankRock@MostlyHarmless good point. 👍
JD@FrankRock @MostlyHarmless EXACTLY THIS!!!
synlogic@MostlyHarmless yep the impact of propaganda, as well as the Overton Window effect caused my mass media, is a topic & theme of my game Slartboz
Kevin Karhan 
@MostlyHarmless but worse in their case...
💤That Sleepy Wuff💦@MostlyHarmless privately funded news sources are a mistake and a blight on the planet
This is Hell
Peaceluver57@MostlyHarmless I’m 66 and have never watched either. 🤷🏽♀️✌🏽
Chris Wagner@MostlyHarmless was it projection yet again?
Stacks
geekynerdynerd@MostlyHarmless I'm so glad that my parents broke free of that brainwashing nightmare. Unfortunately my grandma is still being held captive by the THIS IS A FOX NEWS ALERT guy.
AlmostHuman@MostlyHarmless not wrong but also I've seen this exact post for like 10 years, get some new content lol
wanderer_j@MostlyHarmless Why isn’t Tipper Gore holding hearings? (1985 flashback!)
@MostlyHarmless huh. I never thought of it that way👊
John Breen@MostlyHarmless Where is our Tipper Gore for FOX and Friends ?
unexpectedteapot@MostlyHarmless conservative talking points are almost exclusively projection of ideals, constructs and frameworks they incorrectly assume others also abide.
Racists, for example, look for others who belong to their race for guidance. So they assume everyone else does the same.
Conservatives banning LGBT literature and media in US schools think children "are being indoctrinated" because they, themselves, were indoctrinated into their beliefs, so they think everyone else must be doing the same.
Desperado Silverfish@MostlyHarmless Except, you know, murdering people in the name of Satan has been rather more insidiously co-opted as murdering people in the name of America.
Aaron@silverfish @MostlyHarmless Some do it in the name of God, too.
Ursa Borealis@MostlyHarmless The latest #Blindboy podcast episode is a fascinating exploration of Marilyn Manson, Charles Manson, the 1980s satanic scare, CIA, the media, and what parents thought was going on through all of this.
@blindboyboatclub
https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/nine-inch-nialls
Nine Inch Nialls
Satanic Ritual Murder, Charles Manson, Balloons and the FBI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Shelley@MostlyHarmless ah you must be a millennial. Rush Limbaugh took Gen X’s dads.
βɛth@MostlyHarmless I've never been more grateful that my 74-year-old father doesn't watch Fox News. He's conservative, but has voted for Democrats the last three presidential elections in a row because, as he put it, "I'm not a fucking idiot."
ZZ Bottom
GlenG🌻 - Support UkraineJealous, my 92yr father is completely absorbed. He adores Trump who in his mind "can do no wrong." Fortunately though, we don't talk politics very much and can still enjoy each other's company.
On the election, I tried to tell him, "C'mon dad, you've been through so many elections and you know how they work. Every candidate has an opportunity to prove misconduct. To date, there's no evidence." This comment fell flat, as if I was staring into a void.
@Gleng2 @MostlyHarmless Maybe it's because we're from Chicago, and a Chicago Republican isn't quite the same breed as a Mississippi Republican. Or any current red state. He's somewhat liberal when it comes to social issues, but very conservative when it comes to money. He just thinks the current GOP has lost their goddamn minds. I tend to agree. When he voted for Obama in 2012, he said that was the first time he voted for a Democrat since McGovern.
@feverspell @MostlyHarmless Mine's a bit more entrenched. He'll ALWAYS vote Republican, no matter who it is. And at 92, there's just no room for change.
@Gleng2 @MostlyHarmless I'm sorry you're dealing with that. I know a lot of people in your shoes, and it sucks. My mother was pretty apolitical before she died, but she knew enough about who these people were that she didn't vote for any of them either. At 92, the best you can do is just sort of go, "Yes, yes, Dad, the Democrats are evil" and try and change the subject. LOL
@feverspell @MostlyHarmless Thanks, you got it. Very true.
Truth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦@Gleng2
Old people are easy targets for charlatans and scammers but they won't listen to anyone. Senility can creep in at any age though.
Old people are easy targets for charlatans and scammers but they won't listen to anyone. Senility can creep in at any age though.
smallerdemon@MostlyHarmless Yep. It's a never ending cycle. Parents get wound up about [Insert Thing Their Generation Did Not Have] and then later entirely turn into the monsters they feared their children would become because of said thing.
Daniele10@MostlyHarmless Yet Americans are flying and driving record amounts.
geographile@MostlyHarmless I think my mom died while Marilyn Manson was in Elementary School. I'm one of the old people on mastodon.
@MostlyHarmless parents were not prepared for the smartphone. YouTube and Twitter hit their brain meats harrrrd.
I am Jack's Lost 404
Vanaded
Amber@MostlyHarmless yo for real, why did I just know see the irony
Ferrichrome@MostlyHarmless Don’t forget Facebook
Doc Chaotic 🇺🇦🖖@MostlyHarmless Dear God, you're right. They always did project their weaknesses on us. 🤔