The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(01-20-2020, 12:39 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(01-19-2020, 11:57 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Trump may have done what he did to take away any political advantage that Biden and the liberal media/press have left these days. Yes, Fox News and it's group of private investigators have been busy investigating and digging up all kinds of incriminating evidence these days. Lets see, there is a tape of Biden explaining how he used his political influence to remove a Ukrainian investigator looking into corruption involving the company that Biden's kid was working for at the time.

That's both wrong and disproven several times over.  Where do you get this stuff?  Yes, Biden worked to remove Prosecutor General Shokin.  So did any number or Republican Senators -- because he was corrupt to the core.  

Saying 'up' is 'down' over and over again doesn't make it true, even though many people may believe it.

Several "alternative" media offer the conservative alternate reality.  Fox.  Breitbart.  Etc...  If that is the style of your primary source, you end up like Classic.  There are styles of telling lies that many have to learn and recognize.  There are tricks to fact checking quickly that people need these days.  Unfortunately, some find it convenient to live in the cocoon.  Trump may have over used lies enough that people will learn.  I suspect this learning will be part of the upcoming culture change, self defense if you will.  Lying has just be overdone recently.  Eventually those that have been lied to will wake up.

But I may be optimistic.  Conservatives have reasons for keeping the lies.  I recently bumped into a web page that talked about baby killing and gun theft.  The title asked the pertinent question.  Who do you vote for if you cannot stomach Trump?  The Establishment Republicans are too tightly tied to the elites, and thus have already been rejected by the Tea Party.  The liberal one size fits all ethics is unthinkable for some many.  It takes the rare bird like Palin or Trump to lie or believe enough to spin the cocoon.

I might suggest an almost unheard of idea of compromising, but I fear a lot of people would find it hard.