"...but like, he's so, like evil and racist, and like, you know, nazi and stuff. I can't vote for him and like, be like, also with BLM and stuff." Actual quote from stoopid bitch I work with.
It does. Most people simply adopt the beliefs of their peers.They just accept the rationale that they hear from others without criticism, no matter how thin and sometimes even ridiculous that rationale is. This is why the left engages and so much censorship and shaming, they realize that the most important thing just to keep up the appearance of a consensus in favor of their ideas.
The best thing that conservatives can do now, if possible, is to find a way to crack the illusion of consensus. More important than arguing in favor of our ideas with reason is to convince people that there actually are a lot of normal people out there. We need a hammer home again and again that it is normal to be conservative on issues like taxes police funding Etc. We need to hammer home again and again that Facebook is not real, that it is highly manipulated and that the perception it creates is not real. These memes need to be spread repeatedly over and over and over again. Then you can start to reason again.
"...but like, he's so, like evil and racist, and like, you know, nazi and stuff. I can't vote for him and like, be like, also with BLM and stuff." Actual quote from stoopid bitch I work with.
Me reply: "So, mass brainwashing by the media really does work. Got it."
It does. Most people simply adopt the beliefs of their peers.They just accept the rationale that they hear from others without criticism, no matter how thin and sometimes even ridiculous that rationale is. This is why the left engages and so much censorship and shaming, they realize that the most important thing just to keep up the appearance of a consensus in favor of their ideas. The best thing that conservatives can do now, if possible, is to find a way to crack the illusion of consensus. More important than arguing in favor of our ideas with reason is to convince people that there actually are a lot of normal people out there. We need a hammer home again and again that it is normal to be conservative on issues like taxes police funding Etc. We need to hammer home again and again that Facebook is not real, that it is highly manipulated and that the perception it creates is not real. These memes need to be spread repeatedly over and over and over again. Then you can start to reason again.