• Lilweed2@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    One side wants to break up families, abolish free speech, trans kids and make everyone attention slaves to big companies. The other side just wants freedom and happiness

    (I dont accually believe this, just how the opposite side would make the same tweet) You cant believe the world is this black and white 💀

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    2 years ago

    The media cares about one thing: money. Outrage=views, and they’ll report whatever they think will generate the most outrage.

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      2 years ago

      Section 1

      Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

      Idk about you but that seems to make it pretty cut and dry that slavery is illegal in the US. Prison is different because when you are convicted, you are stripped of many rights. I don’t agree with it, but it is what it is.

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        If there’s an exception to a rule then it’s not a cut and dry rule. If slavery is illegal except when it affects certain people then it’s not illegal overall.

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        2 years ago

        Constitution: slavery is legal under certain conditions.

        You: “Idk about you but that seems to make it pretty cut and dry that slavery is illegal in the US”

  • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 years ago

    Haha don’t forget moderates.

    “We should listen to both sides, I mean nazis and fascists had good ideas too!”

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    2 years ago

    the media doesn’t think they’re equal, the media is elevating slavery because they’re owned by the people who will end up owning the slaves

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    2 years ago

    Out of the loop: what’s there about women not being able to vote or own property? Thanks!

  • Epicmulch@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    This is why we can’t even get anywhere. Both sides purposely misrepresent the other.

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        2 years ago

        Both sides clearly want to say the most extremist strawmans of the other side to rile up support and increase animosity towards the other side.

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            Really? You turn this into a mis-characterization of the left? My point is that there are equally radically Twitter claims from the right. For instance, you don’t think there are Republican-voting individuals who think Democrats are coming for all their guns?

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              I do, but that’s not the far left, that’s the liberals. You go actual left and you keep your guns to protect yourself from the right wing lynch mobs that is ant the gays to die.

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      2 years ago

      Right, surely the people who keep doing horrible things and announcing plans to do more horrible are only unpopular with everyone else because of tribalism. Couldn’t possibly be their actions.

  • Cylusthevirus@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I see this sentiment expressed more often by tankies, enlightened centrists, and Krazy Konservative Kommenters than mainstream media sources. Usually in reference to economic policy (and in fairness, the differences there are pretty subtle if we’re looking at the mainstream).

    What I’m seeing in media is an attempt to listen to “both sides.” It’s just that one side has grown more and more detached from reality, so airing their crazy unchallenged alongside a more normal perspective makes it look like the sides are on equal rhetorical footing. It’s like what you get in a debate with Donny T and Biden.

    Biden: Normal liberal policy ideas, maybe we leave the queer folks alone, maybe we do a little something on climate, etc.

    SmallHandsOrangeBoy: Incoherent frothing about the immigrants, the gays, the “woke mind virus”

    Reporters: And here are the candidate’s positions, clearly no further comment or observation is required. Best not question the froth lest we be accused of bias!

    Feels like a lot of reporters are either unused to dealing with a rising fascist bloc, hampered by corporate meddling, or complicit.

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    2 years ago

    I assume the title is aimed at that both parties badmouth one another in extreme, cherry-picked and oversimplified ways right?