Mastodawn

I moved to Mastodon.social Nov 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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I moved to Mastodon.social Nov 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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Rickey James

@Teri_Kanefield As a lifelong liberal, I, too, have encountered fellow liberals who get upset if I provide a differing perspective in order to defuse some of that reflexive outrage. But I feel it’s important to remind folks that not everything is as black or white as we want it to be - these issues are quite complex. So keep it up, Teri! I don’t always fully agree with you either (just 95% of the time), but I wouldn’t trade your posts for a golden monkey!