• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    4 months ago

    “I’m opposed. Cable news told me that California is being overrun by criminals because of woke politicians and I believe them over voices from my own community or crime statistics.”

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      4 months ago

      You joke, but I’ve seen polls where there’s a big consensus of people saying the country’s economy is going down the toilet, but also that their own state and their own family situation is doing quite a bit better than that going-down-the-toilet average.

      That second half sheds some fascinating insight on the first half, and yet, it’s almost never included in reporting of the polls.

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        4 months ago

        Almost like a right-wing media apparatus that started as “Fox News lies” has now expanded out and is gaslighting the whole country.

        The country pretty much shrugged their shoulders after 9-11 so why not?

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        4 months ago

        It was a joke but it’s also real. I live in a city in California and I’ve heard suburbanites say it’s literally not safe to come to my neighborhood because they actually think they will be spotted and attacked instantly. Meanwhile, as I mentioned, crime rates have dropped considerably and I can’t even think of a single person I know who has had a recent problem with crime. It’s like the media has whole-cloth fabricated a crisis that just isn’t happening and I feel like no one but me can see it. Insane.