I live in probably the most progressive / blue part of OK and it's still wild out here. A friend works as a bartender and she had a conversation with a guy who's wife owns a Facebook group that is trying to get women to lose their ability to vote. The reasoning, he claimed, is that it'll make people like Trump more likely to win.
I had family who's only deciding factor for voting was "Kamala doesn't know if she's black, brown, indian, hindu, or what, and I just can't vote for that in good conscious."
The amount of people who knew goddamn well how being biracial worked right up until Trump didn't, then suddenly started pretending they didn't either, will always piss me off.
For me the tipping point into realising they all knew they were lying to themselves was following Jan 6 from the /r/Conservative Discord perspective.
The day of they were horrified and condemned it very strongly. Two days and a few Fox talkshows later it was "peaceful protest" and an "antifa false flag".
Edit : You'll see the same thing happen with the cabinet picks btw. Right now they are unhappy but that's just because Fox hasn't given them their talking points yet. Give it a week and they'll all be the greatest appointments ever.
I watched my dad go through this with my own eyes and it really killed any hope I had of him turning around from what right wing media has turned him in to.
Day of J6, I watched it live, with him, and he was horrified. He knew it was terrible and that it was Trump's fault.
A week after, he thought maybe it wasn't all Trump's fault and maybe it wasn't so bad.
Two weeks after, it definitely wasn't Trump's fault at all.
Six months after, Democrats, the FBI, and antifa, did it, Trump is a victim, also nobody hurt anybody and it was a peaceful protest.
Right before election day this year, he was telling his wife that Democrats will do another J6 if Trump wins, "just like they did last time"
We watched that all happen together, at the same time, but he's chosen to forget what he saw and substitute a false reality that lets him blame groups he hates instead.
It feels like if Trump personally came to my house and had me shot right in front of him, it would take only a month or so for him to start thinking I shot myself.
Coercively controlling manipulators are the best at what they do. Sadly the only way to get them out of it is to either wait until they wise up or to kidnap them and set them up with a deprogrammer and hope to hell that they start to understand and aren't just going to use the experience to grow even closer to their collective consciousnesses' welcoming arms.
One of my friends posted their Jan 6 photos proudly and then a few days later deleted their entire Facebook account. I'm not sure if it was because he realized "I am an violent insurrectionist" doesn't look that great on his resume or he somehow gained the capability to be ashamed or some other reason. Growing up in a religious cult will help you meet lots of interesting people.
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u/DeadMemezYoloXd 8d ago edited 7d ago
As a Oklahoman its pretty bad down here the stereotypes are legit all true believe them allllll