This Isn't a Political Blog, but Goddamn
Nov. 5th, 2020 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingBeing the innocent and delicate flower that I am,
I was surprised to see that so many individual people voted for Trump in this election. In 2016, I could... sort of... understand how certain disenfranchised people might actively vote against someone they perceived to be "a Washington insider," but actively voting for Trump is a mistake that you only make once, right?
So I made my own mistake of Googling why people voted for Trump in this election, and I found a number of very upsetting interviews. To summarize what people said:
- They
- Hate
- Black
- People
Not all of these people are white, which is wild, and I've also read that a not-insignificant number of white people believe Biden (a devout Catholic) is Jewish.
I don't have any sources to link to for this, but I've been picking up a lot of chatter about the role of Facebook in spreading misinformation. Not in a direct way, but more in its facilitation of the formation of echo chambers reinforced through targeted political ads.
I vaguely remember when not being on Facebook was seen as a sign that someone had something to hide, but I'm getting to a point where I'm seriously considering deleting my account.
Anyway. As much as I complain about Tumblr, I'm happy I kept my account there. I usually don't spend much time on the site beyond checking in for ten minutes every morning to schedule a queue, but it's been really nice to decompress while immersing myself in an endless stream of video game screenshots and fan art.
I was surprised to see that so many individual people voted for Trump in this election. In 2016, I could... sort of... understand how certain disenfranchised people might actively vote against someone they perceived to be "a Washington insider," but actively voting for Trump is a mistake that you only make once, right?
So I made my own mistake of Googling why people voted for Trump in this election, and I found a number of very upsetting interviews. To summarize what people said:
- They
- Hate
- Black
- People
Not all of these people are white, which is wild, and I've also read that a not-insignificant number of white people believe Biden (a devout Catholic) is Jewish.
I don't have any sources to link to for this, but I've been picking up a lot of chatter about the role of Facebook in spreading misinformation. Not in a direct way, but more in its facilitation of the formation of echo chambers reinforced through targeted political ads.
I vaguely remember when not being on Facebook was seen as a sign that someone had something to hide, but I'm getting to a point where I'm seriously considering deleting my account.
Anyway. As much as I complain about Tumblr, I'm happy I kept my account there. I usually don't spend much time on the site beyond checking in for ten minutes every morning to schedule a queue, but it's been really nice to decompress while immersing myself in an endless stream of video game screenshots and fan art.
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Date: 2020-11-06 01:32 pm (UTC)Oh goodness. Wow. Haha wow. Okay. That explains what's going on with my Twitter feed this morning. I was very, very confused.
Also apparently Hetalia is getting a second season? This makes me feel old, but I remember when people left LiveJournal specifically to get away from the Hetalia discourse. I get the feeling that most of the "discourse" people on Tumblr already left for Twitter, and it's going to be wild to see that sort of thing on Twitter. As it stands, my Twitter feed this morning looks like some sort of postwar French surrealist drama.