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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been traveling to the Midwest for years to visit family. The divide happened a long time ago. Before Obama was elected. I put the blame on right wing radio and entertainment outlets like Fox News, Breitbart, Glenn Beck, and Alex Jones. The entertainment they push is anger and outrage, bigotry and sexism. I watched my dad get sucked into that world but he died in 2013. Folks are reeling in this country due to huge economic shifts that are occurring in economic/labor market, much like the industrial revolution. If you think back to that time in history and the profound changes that occurred, it makes sense.

The only thing that is going to change is the younger generations will be able to cope more with the new economic/labor environment and the ones in the thick of the change will die off. [/quote]

So much resonates here. Fortunately, my dad was able to listen to that stuff (he could only get AM radio at night and would listen to fall asleep), yet say, "who believes that nonsense?" I sometimes wonder if he is the only elderly white male who came out unscathed from the Fox News assault on a generation of people.

Regrettably, many white guys I know have not been as fortunate.  Regardless of social class, they cling to the guns and vitriol of Fox News and spout talking points verbatim. Some of the white women I know from HS think similarly, but many of them as well as my classmates who are African-American are clearly far more discerning in their media literacy.  They don't take the Fox bait nor the less prevalent but still present left-wing conspiracies.  I can only conclude that there are egos are more fragile in the fallout of the SES dislocation over the last 30 years while many of the rest of us already know hard times and have faith that there will be better ones.[/quote]

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