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[–]Entropick 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I will tell you; liberal "news", CNN, msnbc, the anti-trump movement, the view, etc have ruined my mom. I'm talking total obliteration of personality, outlook, energy, optimism/health. She is ruined forever, for good. The pandemic scared her significantly. She is an excessively insecure, weak-minded individual. She was significantly abused in her childhood, her life has not been pleasant, so this is always at the forefront of my consideration. The negativity, the hatred, the criticism, constant put-downs of the other side invigorate her righteous indignation. She is unable to maintain her home and eat well, she orders shit off amazon, zuliliy, kohls, whatever and just tosses it into a pile. There is NO debate, communication, compromise, criticism; "if the government is doing it, it must be the right thing."

It has made my life a living hell.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm sorry about that, and I feel you. Must be depressing to have a family member panicking about events that don't affect her, her family, not even her state. I'm not the kinda guy to make suggestions, but you should support and take care of your mom while she's still around. What you're talking about here is exactly the reason why I've been trying to avoid bad news in general, especially radical left and right news sources.

[–]Entropick 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks, appreciated, I still put others over myself, so....one we go, best wishes to you.

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

panicking about events that don't affect her

How do you think covid does not effect her?

I think the very argument that "it doesn't effect you therfore you should ignore it" is increadibly short sighted. Everything in society effects you eventually. The effects reverberate through society, shape it, and touch everything.

Those arguments are made by people who are on the wrong side.

[–]Alienhunter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I had a similar experience though it went in the opposite direction politically. "If the government is doing it it must be evil!"

There's certainly value in being skeptical of the government but the alternative of the right wing media sphere is filled with its own version of fear mongering and grifting and the total lack of critical thought means whenever the government says something the grifters come in to capitalize on people inclined to do the opposite regardless of whether or not it makes any sense for them to do so.

It's super partisan though. When the right is winning everything they do is good and can't have problems. When the left is winning everything they do is evil and must be fought against. Let's ignore the bipartisan nonsense that gets rammed through that usually does make our lives worse.

I always just go straight to the text of whatever bill people are arguing about and read it for myself. Then whenever someone tries to have a discussion about it, I ask if they've read it? Usually the answer is no, and I end the discussion right there.