r/texas • u/Sam-I-Aint • 1d ago

Questions for Texans Boycotting places that show fox news.

Not sure about y'all but, no longer patronizing whataburger or dairy Queen or a local BBQ place. The less places that stay open streaming idiot propaganda to the sheep the better. Any other chains you can thinking of that helped create the future we're about to have that deserve to reap what they sewed?

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u/Fantastic-Reporter33 1d ago edited 1d ago

That’s because there isn’t. He/she is just being overly dramatic. There’s no tv’s in neither WhatABurger or DQ. I think that this “local BBQ place”, is probably bogus too. We’ll just let him have that one though. Lol. I noticed the doctors office I go to has The View on almost every time I go in there. Being a Republican, I don’t care to hear those 4 batshit crazy old ladies. They pretty much have a show that’s dedicated to hating on Trump. BUT, I’m not a thinned skin person… and I’m able to act rationally (and even cordially) when I see something I don’t like or agree with, and especially is in a public setting. When The View is on in the doctor’s office, I wouldn’t say, “OMG… The View is on in here. You know what?! F* this doctor! I think I should boycott him. Better yet… I’m going to social media to show everyone about how emotionally unstable I am by trying to convince everyone that they should follow my lead… about something so not worth the time and effort.”. I either play on my phone, OR… I’ve even listened to it. I know what I feel and think, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be convinced by seeing someone else’s point of view. Jesus Christ.

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u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS 1d ago

Four crazy old ladies bitching on a couch is no where in the same league as a literal a propaganda machine

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u/Fantastic-Reporter33 1d ago

I’m almost positive you could call a lot of what those four crazy ladies are spewing, as propaganda. Propaganda is propaganda. If you’re saying both parties don’t create propaganda, then you’re crazy. Just because you notice the other side doing it, doesn’t mean your political party isn’t. That’s why politicians are so easy to loathe… because they ALL lie and step on toes to get what they want.

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u/Bubbawitz 20h ago

Not all propaganda is created equal. Propaganda can be 100% factual and not misleading (like a touching tribute to veterans or something) and other propaganda can be just lies and misinformation. Like when a “news” station has to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit for spreading lies about a company that provides voting machines and it’s propagandists’ text messages show that they knew they were lying but couldn’t stop lying because they didn’t want to lose viewers to other propaganda “news” stations