• dependencyinjection
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      11 months ago

      I watch people like Ben Shapiro all the time because I don’t want to exclusively live in my echo chamber and it’s good to challenge your beliefs and staying up to date with all sides.

      I prefer the more moderate conservatives but it’s good to watch everything.

      Something i am concerned about here on Lemmy is the instant downvoting without discussion of dissenting opinions. Hardly conducive to bringing about a revolution if we won’t even engage with certain people.

      Seems like a massive circle jerk at times where we can all feel superior because we have empathy. But i want actual change and not just to seem like I’m progressive.

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        11 months ago

        I agree it’s good to subject yourself to other viewpoints but I’m definitely not going to subject myself to actual propaganda

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          11 months ago

          All news is propaganda, every side has an agenda it’s just some align more with our morals.

          I for one need to know what the lunatics are being told by the grifters so I can formulate arguments against their outlandish claims.

          Just my thoughts on it and I am a nobody really.

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            11 months ago

            valid but I think the specific brand that Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro have is obviously part of Republican media out reach that is becoming increasingly divorced from reality

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            11 months ago

            I recommend an intermediary like Rm Brown on youtube. Watching him let’s me keep tabs on the latest stupid going ons without needing to steep myself in it.

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        I get what you’re saying but people like Ben Shapiro, Candice Owens, etc have proven themselves to be shitstain propagandists many years ago. Regularly consuming propaganda, even if you know what it is, is not healthy and it does affect you.

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        That’s like saying, “Yeah like to drink Clorox because i like to know what the poison tastes like.”

        I understand it though. I used to be like that. Now I’m too old to waste my time on them.

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          11 months ago

          So what’s the goal if you don’t want to bring more people to your side of things? Nothing will change.

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            11 months ago

            As Hannah Ardent opined, she was there to observe and document, changing peoples mind wasn’t her objective.

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              Good point.

              So self righteous circle jerk would be accurate?

              I don’t mean this to be antagonistic, just really curious as to the point.

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                When you talk to your friends about things you share in common, are you self righteously circle jerking?

                No.

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          Do you see how if the other side has this same mentality then nothing really changes?

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            I don’t rightly expect whether I watch propaganda to change the opinions of those that believe it. Just because “they” won’t consume content I know to be good, that means I should consume content I know to be bad to balance it out?

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              They haven’t even watched the video.
              Their entire schtick is “both sides”.

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            The “other side” can’t be helped with mere words because they’ve been conditioned to ignore reality (or they’ve picked their position on feelings and don’t want to change). Libs watching Benny shaps lie and support genocide isn’t going to change the maga electorate.

            As soon as you find a conservative who doesn’t lie, let me know and I’ll check out some of their content, but I don’t think there’s literally a single honest gop supporter these days.

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          This particular one is still on my watch list. The last thing I saw of him was him calling out Matt Walsh.

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            So you came here to defend videos like this, without actually watching this video? Seems irresponsible.

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        I agree with viewing both sides, but I would rather read what they’re saying than watch the shit come out their mouths.