On Tuesday, MSNBC's Alex Wagner sat in a room full of Trump supporters in Michigan and the tension was, well, intense. You can clearly see on the young, white, men -- their hate and ignorance is an unmovable wall. "The economy" is a convenient and comfortable shield to hide behind when misogyny, racism, and their utter contempt is clear to see. They can't fathom ceding their power to a woman of color -- both in their vote, and even when dealing with Wagner in the room. Meanwhile, the pervasive nature of misinformation was on full display this week. Macklemore shouting "F America" and screaming "Free Palestine" -- as if Palestine was ever free for women and the LGBTQ community before 10/7. Chappell Roan's misguided bothsiderism. Janet Jackson claiming "I've been told Harris is white." And then finally, the tsunami of celebrities who posted the "Bye Meta AI" meme which was a rehash of the "facebook privacy declaration" from a decade ago. It seems harmless, but served as a reminder how misguided celebrities can spread misinformation (not to mention virus links) to a billion people in a single day.
... and you might also want to point those waffling Trump voters at Thom Ecks's "Notes from a Future" <https://tecks.substack.com> for a ground-level vision of what a second Trump administration would actually look like.
On Tuesday, MSNBC's Alex Wagner sat in a room full of Trump supporters in Michigan and the tension was, well, intense. You can clearly see on the young, white, men -- their hate and ignorance is an unmovable wall. "The economy" is a convenient and comfortable shield to hide behind when misogyny, racism, and their utter contempt is clear to see. They can't fathom ceding their power to a woman of color -- both in their vote, and even when dealing with Wagner in the room. Meanwhile, the pervasive nature of misinformation was on full display this week. Macklemore shouting "F America" and screaming "Free Palestine" -- as if Palestine was ever free for women and the LGBTQ community before 10/7. Chappell Roan's misguided bothsiderism. Janet Jackson claiming "I've been told Harris is white." And then finally, the tsunami of celebrities who posted the "Bye Meta AI" meme which was a rehash of the "facebook privacy declaration" from a decade ago. It seems harmless, but served as a reminder how misguided celebrities can spread misinformation (not to mention virus links) to a billion people in a single day.
... and you might also want to point those waffling Trump voters at Thom Ecks's "Notes from a Future" <https://tecks.substack.com> for a ground-level vision of what a second Trump administration would actually look like.