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The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by spaceghoti@lemmy.one to c/politics@lemmy.world

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The press must get across to American citizens the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win. They don’t need to surrender their journalistic independence to do so or be “in the tank” for Biden or anyone else.

It’s now clearer than ever that Trump, if elected, will use the federal government to go after his political rivals and critics, even deploying the military toward that end. His allies are hatching plans to invoke the Insurrection Act on day one.

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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Go to any yt video on antarctica
Read the comments and count how many are about "the Dome", aliens, flat Earth.

This is your public.

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The fuck is "the dome" ?

[-] Donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Oh, you didn't know? There's a huge dome encasing the entire (flat) earth, and its edges are in Antarctica. Because that's where the edge of the earth is. Antarctica is a huge ice wall that keeps all the water in, which just makes global warming much worse 😂

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Antarctica is a huge ice wall

Something tells me these people don't understand map projections, though that's the least of their problems.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Go to most any non-specialized social media platform and most any post devolves into fringe and/or right wing BS. Person a) “Nice day today…” person b) “…except for that bitch Pelosi.” a) “Man, it’s cold today.” b) “Fucking libs lying about climate change”. a) Picture of the sky, has a contrail. b) “chemtrails! The Illuminati and globalists are trying to control us!” a) “Nice day today…” b) only because god praise lord Jesus Christ died for your nice day and our veterans and police officers I support blah blah blah…

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

That's really funny and ridiculous. What if going out in public was actually like a youtube comment section? That would be amazing.

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Move to Missouri or Florida

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

High concentration of the public there, true.

[-] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

"Missouri Man" just rolls off the tongue, are they the next Florida?

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