Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[CW: Slurs] Any attempt to connect with my dad immediately turns into "Woke liberals are ruining the world."NSFWlemmy.caimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1image[CW: Slurs] Any attempt to connect with my dad immediately turns into "Woke liberals are ruining the world."NSFWlemmy.caZoidsberg@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoNot sure if it’s related to your story, but a lot of people self indoctrinated through right-wing media. There was a documentary that came out in 2016: The Brainwashing of My Dad. It’s online if you haven’t seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS52QdHNTh8 https://piped.video/watch?v=FS52QdHNTh8
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoSo if there’s certain material which, whenever a person encounters it, changes their mind, how do you account for that? Wouldn’t the simplest explanation for that be that this material contains compelling arguments people aren’t seeing outside that material?
minus-squareZoidsberg@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn’t always equal true.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoIn this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOr, and I know this is really out there, but maybe, just maybe, facts don’t actually care about your feelings.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah but you have no idea what claims are in these materials, because you think they’re too toxic to read.
minus-squareforrgott@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoCompletely untrue. I’m not afraid of news outlets. I’m not afraid of what the “others” have to say Pretty sure you’re talking about yourself here, champ.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoOoh man! You’re rubber I’m glue. What a deft turnaround!
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Not sure if it’s related to your story, but a lot of people self indoctrinated through right-wing media. There was a documentary that came out in 2016: The Brainwashing of My Dad.
It’s online if you haven’t seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS52QdHNTh8
https://piped.video/watch?v=FS52QdHNTh8
So if there’s certain material which, whenever a person encounters it, changes their mind, how do you account for that?
Wouldn’t the simplest explanation for that be that this material contains compelling arguments people aren’t seeing outside that material?
The History Channel makes compelling arguments for how extra-terrestrials built the pyramids. Compelling doesn’t always equal true.
In this case I’m using to to mean compelling to people with a brain, not just “history channel made a speculation so I’m sold”
Or, and I know this is really out there, but maybe, just maybe, facts don’t actually care about your feelings.
Yeah but you have no idea what claims are in these materials, because you think they’re too toxic to read.
Completely untrue. I’m not afraid of news outlets. I’m not afraid of what the “others” have to say
Pretty sure you’re talking about yourself here, champ.
Ooh man! You’re rubber I’m glue. What a deft turnaround!