Valasian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 hours agoTIL that 49% of americans believe the country is worse off under Trump than under Biden. 32% believe the country is better off. 19% say it's about the same. lemmy.worldimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1317arrow-down1imageTIL that 49% of americans believe the country is worse off under Trump than under Biden. 32% believe the country is better off. 19% say it's about the same. lemmy.worldValasian@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-220 hours agomessage-square109fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·15 hours agoA big percentage of that is people believing Fox News telling them things are better. My maga relatives have talked recently, again, about how much safer DC is and how the economy is “now going like gangbusters”. They really believe it.
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoSimple questions like “how” and “why” completely derail them.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoNot in my experience. They just give really vague answers and either ignore or get upset when you press for more detail. Or tell you things that simply aren’t true
minus-squareMiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 hour ago get upset That’s them being derailed. They’re upset that they don’t know anything deeper than the buzzwords they’ve learned. If they actually understood and believed their positions, they could answer those questions. Call them out. Call them cowards for refusing to engage in debate. That’s what they are.
A big percentage of that is people believing Fox News telling them things are better.
My maga relatives have talked recently, again, about how much safer DC is and how the economy is “now going like gangbusters”. They really believe it.
Simple questions like “how” and “why” completely derail them.
Not in my experience. They just give really vague answers and either ignore or get upset when you press for more detail. Or tell you things that simply aren’t true
That’s them being derailed. They’re upset that they don’t know anything deeper than the buzzwords they’ve learned.
If they actually understood and believed their positions, they could answer those questions.
Call them out. Call them cowards for refusing to engage in debate. That’s what they are.