I moved to Mastodon.socialNov 17, 2023

I want to follow up on the reason I see so much anger and cynicism.

(The anger isn't directed at me. It looks like this: "Trump is above the law! There is no accountability! The DOJ dragged its feet!")

There were some interesting comments about why I see so much of it.

I'll add another: People assume that I am liberal and in the same information bubble and therefore, I will agree with them when they repeat the current memes.

It's a group-think thing.

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Show threadI moved to Mastodon.socialNov 17, 2023

They are unprepared for the shock of me pushing back.

I've been on lots of podcasts. They generally go well.

I agreed to do two that did not go well.

What happened was that the person interviewing me was shocked when the host repeated the latest meme, I didn't agree with it.

I was supposed to act like a reflector on cable talk shows and I didn't.

(One was being recorded, so I could stop it in the middle and cancel. Another was live so I had to suffer through a brutal 20 minutes).

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Show threadOggie

@Teri_Kanefield
I generally modeled you as 'liberal' in the sense of where you would stand on a few basic are-these-really-issues (LGBT people having basic rights, etc), but that's really stretching because of the current weirdly set up R/D stuff going on in the US.

I'll be entirely honest, most of your stuff that bleeds through is a deep respect for law, jurisprudence, and disregard for stupidity. I don't think that prepares me for any judgement on your personal ideology.

Nov 17, 2023 at 11:12pmWeb
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.Nov 17, 2023
@Oggie @Teri_Kanefield
I may have made similar assumptions. But what I respect is someone who coherently discusses what's happening from a basis that here's the evidence, here's the law, and here's the procedure, and yeah all that takes more time than you'd guess. All the many folks out there who think justice arrives with the wave of a fairy wand drive me nuts.