In my opinion, we would be all best served by discussing policy differences rather than disparaging those with whom we disagree. While I took the time to follow this through for about two days, it was consuming. Today the group has less ridiculous posts and I hope that continues.
Editorial – Journey to Ridiculous – Social Media Undercover
It was a journey on Social Media to the Ridiculous and I swallowed some of my pride to do it as I wasn’t really undercover using my real name. There’s an “Unbiased, Uncensored” Group in Gardner which has become infiltrated by those posting mostly anti-Trump or anti-Biden/Harris material. I posted the most ridiculous AI photos including Trump and Harris eating lunch and asking if Harris would be a good choice for his Attorney General if he won. I put down Trump by musing that he might be Harris’ landscaper if she won. I posted the pic of multiple Trumps speculating that if you saw more than one you had Trump Derangement Syndrome. And the most ridiculous of all, I speculated that a President Harris would have a Chinese Chief of Staff.
Here’s what I discovered. People on either side of the issue are in general not debating policy. They are demeaning others simply for having a different opinion and that is wrong. With about half of the country supporting one candidate and the other half supporting the other, you can’t say that everything about the other side is awful. That’s just not true. But compiling an accurate list of attributes is difficult as networks like Fox are very much pro Trump and anti-Harris with the other extreme being MSNBC which praises Harris and ranks on Trump. In general, Trump’s policies are not heavily criticized as it is his demeanor and character which is most often negatively assailed. In general, Harris’s policies are tied to the Biden record which gets mixed reviews, but she gets praised for her lower key approach.