Totally not related to another post in this community…
What fearmongering do you find laughably wrong? What do you witness everyday that makes others clutch their pearls while watching the news?
Totally not related to another post in this community…
What fearmongering do you find laughably wrong? What do you witness everyday that makes others clutch their pearls while watching the news?
All of it is laughably wrong.
Other than “lower taxes” and “stop illegal immigration” conservative policies are largely unpopular. I put these in quotes because once you start to apply nuance to those policies they become less popular. Lower taxes for who? Middle America? No, for the 1%! Stop criminals from crossing the border? No, deport the farm workers and asylum seekers that prop up American society!
This is why conservatives resort to wedge issues, propaganda, and fear mongering to stir up their base. Nothing they actually do is popular. They manipulate people into voting against their own interest or just play on their own voter’s racism.
Personally, the fear-mongering about cities is fucking insane. I’ve been to a ton of cities and never not felt safe. Are there areas that you probably shouldn’t go to? Sure, but that’s been the case for all human history. Do you have to like cities? No, but don’t act like they’re a Wild West town where people get shot and robbed at a whim.
deleted by creator
Honestly, I’ve found that when you discuss taxes not as “higher or lower” but as “higher to fund x,y, and z or lower at their detriment” people stop champing at that low tax bit. A lot of middle class people feel screwed by rich people not paying as much as them, but when you frame it as helping them or people they know they’re more on board.