Before the election, I would have agreed with you. Now, not so much. If they can’t just see it now with their own eyes, my discussion efforts are going to accomplish nilch.
No, my own efforts are now better spent paying closer attention to the world right in front of me, and watching for opportunities to make fascists experience regret and fear.
You may be right, honestly. But I do think that there is a type of echo chamber (that we’re in) that assumes people are informed or aware of things that should be obvious perhaps, but they don’t see it for whatever reason. It’s probably futile as you say, but I do like to at least leave the door cracked for the few that maybe just haven’t gotten the right information yet. And you may ask, rightly so…how the hell can anyone be that ignorant in the 21st century? I submit that it’s still very possible to have blinders on and make bad choices if your life has other priorities than what is deemed common knowledge.
It’s frustrating, regardless of which viewpoint you take. We (society as a whole) could be so much better.
Before the election, I would have agreed with you. Now, not so much. If they can’t just see it now with their own eyes, my discussion efforts are going to accomplish nilch.
No, my own efforts are now better spent paying closer attention to the world right in front of me, and watching for opportunities to make fascists experience regret and fear.
You may be right, honestly. But I do think that there is a type of echo chamber (that we’re in) that assumes people are informed or aware of things that should be obvious perhaps, but they don’t see it for whatever reason. It’s probably futile as you say, but I do like to at least leave the door cracked for the few that maybe just haven’t gotten the right information yet. And you may ask, rightly so…how the hell can anyone be that ignorant in the 21st century? I submit that it’s still very possible to have blinders on and make bad choices if your life has other priorities than what is deemed common knowledge.
It’s frustrating, regardless of which viewpoint you take. We (society as a whole) could be so much better.