The only characteristic of stupidity is being misinformed? Everyone is misinformed to some extent. There are myriad aspects to intelligence. We're all imperfect monkeys.
aaron
joined 2 years ago
While acknowledging that Trump voters are emotional and fear-prone, they're not entirely stupid and generally not cultists, probably, maybe. Can we have some sliver of hope? The ones I know are certainly not stupid but are tragically misinformed and savants of confirmation bias. I've also noticed that they care a great deal. It seems more like a target misalignment problem than a broken turret.
Theory: this is late-stage capitalism, where the working class are so exploited and overworked that they don't know who to be angry at. Someone like Trump comes along and (falsely) mirrors their anger and they unwittingly roll out the red carpet for a fascist. I'm really hopeful that once they see what they actually voted for, they'll not be so welcoming. Trump 1.0 was absolutely nothing compared to what Trump 2.0 is going to be. There are way more puppeteers who are way more prepared this time. Shit's going down and their constituents are not the ones to piss off. Just feasting on popcorn here.
I'm seriously hopeful that the people who have historically given into this lie are wising up.
The incarceration rate certainly doesn't show that black women are more incarcerated than black men
Yeah, but don't risk taking power from women with misleading facts. The black stats are largely to do with poverty, not with being black. Actually all of the 'oh-god-help-me' stats are to do with being poor. Yes, it's well known that black people are mistreated in society. That has nothing to do with imminent fascism, it's just how fucked up society was in the first place. The incarceration rate is entirely due to blacks being relegated to poverty and re-enslaved by the system we all apparently supported before Trump. We'll agree it's fucking disgusting.
Right now? What do black women have to worry about that white women don't? I don't mean to pick sides on a race argument, but I really don't know where you're coming from.
I'm not sure what that means
First women, then gays, now CyberTrucks. Where does it end?