My FB friends include the usual suspects: a lot of my relatives and my husband’s relatives; a chunk of high school- and college-era friends; work colleagues; hobby-interest acquaintances; and assorted friends of friends. There are less than a dozen – from hundreds – of people that make conservative-viewpoint political posts with any regularity. My “liberal” friends literally can post about nothing else but lefty politics; there is no social punishment for doing so and in fact, there’s immense social pressure to preen and posture about their lefty politics in the right way, and often. It’s like every minute they have to continue to prove their lefty bona fides to each other. I’m sure I have more than six or seven conservative FB friends, but chances are, they, like me, keep their mouth shut on social media due to the hostile and increasingly dangerous environment for us.

I’m not everybody, but this starting premise of “consistently conservatives” seeing FB posts in line with their view significantly more than other viewpoints seems highly suspect.

Probably the single most common NeverTrumper fallacy. Trump’s election was simply voting for someone who was not actively hostile to America. A lot of us simply viewed him as a holding action. We fully expect this will not be settled with anything short of the cartridge box. As with the last Democrat attempt to impose slavery.

As for the so-called “shunning” from the right? More like a recognition that there is no basis for debate with those who want to control us. All NeverTrumpers achieve is providing the same ideological cover to Leftists that “moderate” Muslims do to jihadists. You both want the same conformity; they’re just open about what they’ll do to get it.

With social media they can change policy (corporate especially) in a matter of days. That’s what is so dangerous.

Guns are dangerous too, just depends on the user.

Rapid, careening policy is not conducive to a stable society.

Jeremiah said bad things would happen to Israel, the nation that was powerful because of JHVH’s war potential, and it took about 3-4 decades.

Some people already knew, somehow, that US Civil War 2 was inevitable. Nothing people have done so far, has changed fate.

The more they fight the Left and evil, the more they become like the Left and evil. It is a unique power of true evil to convert people by contact. The opposing force has that ability as well.

So why do Republicans and Democrats become unable to convert each other? Because neither are good or evil, they’re just superficial onion layers and tools. Doesn’t surprise me. It fits within my calculations and inspiration from the Holy Ghost, since 2007. It is regrettable to see the US fall, but all nations have to fall sooner or later. Especially when they betray their patron Goddess Columbia.

Yes but they have had to play a long game until now. With social media they can change policy (corporate especially) in a matter of days. That’s what is so dangerous. Rapid, careening policy is not conducive to a stable society.

They have been doing that in the US since long ago, way before 1930s. You only notice it now because the astroturf has turned transparent.

Society is full of indoctrinated drones and slaves that think they are free. Society will always tear itself apart sooner or later given human nature.

neo-neocon Says:
March 22nd, 2018 at 11:57 pm
Geoffrey Britain:

What on earth are you getting at?

He’s differentiating the unethical strategic goals of humans, specifically some lawyers, from the regular debate using logic or rhetoric.

What on earth are you getting at?

Of course, arguments can contain lies. That’s not “another VALID point.” It’s a lie.

There’s a difference.

Yep I think social media may end up being the most destructive innovation in world history. It is tearing the fabric of society apart I firmly believe. Look at how many things happen simply because of Twitter mobs. Extremely small groups of motivated aggrieved affecting major policies on the rest of us. Really messed up.