First is the hypocrisy ... I have a visceral reaction to people saying one
thing and doing the exact opposite when it benefits them: it makes my skin crawl, no matter who’s doing
it. If you think I’m directing that at
conservatives alone, you’d be wrong; I have received a lot of rather hysterical
backlash from people on the left when I’ve questioned their motives as well. I’ve had to block a lot of liberals who have
adopted the attitude that if I happen to disagree with something they’ve said,
I must automatically be a “trump troll”.
And I’m not. I just don’t like
hypocrisy. If you’re going to attack the
other side for doing something heinous, make sure you haven’t done it yourself,
first.
Second: the uneducated stupidity that runs the entire political
spectrum. A perfect example of
this: someone posted a brief video of a
performance of Julius Caesar,
performed as part of “Shakespeare in the Park”, in Central Park, New York
City. Change they made: dressed the actors up in business suits
instead of togas. One of them vaguely resembled
trump. You expected the right to go
freaking nuts, which they did: “The New
York Times put on a play showing the assassination of trump!” they yowled.
No, they didn’t. They put on a
Shakespearean play depicting the assassination of Julius Caesar, you
boneheads. But it’s doubtful that the
right knows anything about Roman history, Julius Caesar or even who William
Shakespeare was. That level of idiocy
you’ve come to expect from the right.
Not to mention that past versions of the character have resembled Barack
Obama and Hillary Clinton, and they were all fine with that. Hypocrisy again.
But the left? You hoped the polls
were accurate: that the left in general
were better educated than the right. But
that statistic didn’t hold up in the conversation that followed. No matter how many times you told them,
“Julius Caesar”, “Shakespeare” – whatever – their brains refused to kick in,
either. It was obvious that most of them
just jumped online without bothering to read any of the previous explanatory
comments: “That’s terrible”, “I don’t
like violence!” and (my favorite) “The playwright should be ashamed!” Yes, from the left. Funny, I don’t think William Shakespeare is
experiencing a whole lotta shame over it.
To give you another example:
Tinkerbelle (“Tink”) posts a fake news post with the headline, “trump
finally shoots pedestrian on Fifth Avenue and gets away with it!” Without bothering to check any legitimate
sources, Dolores Umbridge II (“Dot”) posts it again. 30 seconds later, there goes “Bossy”. Anyone who stops and looks at the source
realizes it was posted from Russia.
The very first comment on all 3 duplicate posts: “Fake news out of Russia; don’t click on this
link, it’s clickbait.”
And here’s what follows:
Poster #2: Why hasn’t he been
arrested?
Poster #3: This country has sunk to
the depths of depravity!
Poster #4: Terrible!
Poster #5: Unforgiveable!
Poster #6: Despicable!
Poster #7: He must be impeached –
NOW!
Poster #8: This is what happens when
you give the mentally ill the right to buy guns!
Poster #9: I'm not in support of
this at all, it's absolutely wrong.
Poster #10: Omg this is wrong in so
many ways.
Poster #11: Why did I get a virus
when I clicked on this link?
Poster #12: Folks, THIS IS FAKE NEWS! Do not click on this link!!
Poster #13: Why hasn’t he been
arrested?
Poster #14: This country has sunk to
the depths of depravity!
Poster #15: Terrible!
Poster #16: Unforgiveable!
Poster #17: Despicable!
Poster #18: He must be impeached –
NOW!
Poster #19: This is what happens
when you give the mentally ill the right to buy guns!
Poster #20: I'm not in support of
this at all, it's absolutely wrong.
Poster #21: Omg this is wrong in so
many ways.
Poster #22: Why did I get a virus
when I clicked on this link?
.... and it goes on, and on, and on, and on ... just to let you know: some of these are actual responses to fake
news stories previously debunked on the threads as fake news.
Anyone who thinks liberals are all much better educated than their
counterparts on the other side of the aisle never signed on to Facebook.
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