Anonymous wrote:I recently read something written by a South African speaking out against political turmoil. I was not focusing so I can't add to the conversation, except to point out South Africans are agitated about whatever it is that is going on down there. He was very sincere. This was not someone with ulterior motives.

The folks trying to hide whatever it is that is going on down there, on the other hand ...

Anonymous wrote:Trump attack on South Africa for genocide is directly related to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ.

This is all part of a propaganda campaign against South Africa by Israel. It just shows how easily Trump and the US is manipulated by Israeli interests.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure all the white liberals outraged by this are cancelling their summer trips to Europe to book an Airbnb in Soweto to show their solidarity against Trump in these troubling times.

why is pointing out that he was using photos from a massacre in the DRC outrage? people are pointing out facts.

If you watched the clips, you saw who Ramaphosa brought with him. He heads a coalition government. The ag minister is from the DA and is white. Ramaphosa brought white SA businessmen with him. If you truly knew anything about South Africa, you wouldn't be a nut here.

And golfers! You forgot about the golfers.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents recently became convinced that Ron Howard had died in a car accident. They showed me the YouTube videos that led them to that conclusion.
This latest incident in the Oval Office gave me the same sinking feeling as witnessing them being manipulated.

(They were initially pretty angry with me then embarrassed when I had to show them how they had been deceived by clickbait. We did a little nonjudgmental tutorial on reliable sources and I reminded them of when I jumped the gun on James Earl Jones dying and to please always come to me with any information that concerns them and we can look into it together and they have)

The folks manipulating maga really nailed it this time around. People, and for some reason Americans in particular, are really easy to manipulate. Trump is easy to manipulate. Clearly, that’s why he’s so useful to them, he’s no better than your parents at telling truth from fiction. He also has a child’s emotional intelligence so it’s that much easier to give him a pat on the back head snd tell him that he’s a big boy to get him to do what you need him to do.

My question is, why it is so bad in the US compared to other western countries? Why are we so uniquely stupid?

Boomers have no media literacy. They grew up trusting media and government. It is beyond their comprehension to conceive of otherwise.

This is not a generation issue. This is a stupidity and ignorance issue.

The generation wars are also propaganda.

I disagree. It's definitely a generational issue. Millennials and Gen X were taught: pix or it didn't happen/show me the receipts. We believe nothing without proof to back it up.

Gen Z is the cap/no cap generation but they are the first generation to be raised fully on social media, which is fake. They trust just as easily as Boomers.

My Boomer parents believe everything they see on Facebook. They have the "well, why would someone lie about that" attitude about information. Our local library had an internet safety and social media literacy class for seniors that I encouraged them to attend. I was their driver and hung out in the library while the class was going on. The first thing the teacher did was walk in holding a sign that said "Free $100 to the first person who shakes my hand!" and when no one did it, she asked, why not and they all responded with "if it's too good to be true, it probably is." So then she flipped the sign over and it was a Facebook post that said "I'm sending $100 to the first 10 people who Like this post!" and proceeded to explain to them that it was the same concept. If it was too good to be true, it probably was. She also taught them to Google before reposting photos with political or social claims. These Boomers had never thought to stop before reposting and quickly Google "are dogs and cats being eaten in Ohio?" There was also a section on spotting AI-generated images, but sadly, that was the least understood concept in the class. They were all failing and falling for AI-generated content over and over during that portion.

Anonymous wrote:Trump attack on South Africa for genocide is directly related to South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ.

This is all part of a propaganda campaign against South Africa by Israel. It just shows how easily Trump and the US is manipulated by Israeli interests.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure all the white liberals outraged by this are cancelling their summer trips to Europe to book an Airbnb in Soweto to show their solidarity against Trump in these troubling times.

What’s wrong with Soweto? Serious question.

Anonymous wrote:I’m sure all the white liberals outraged by this are cancelling their summer trips to Europe to book an Airbnb in Soweto to show their solidarity against Trump in these troubling times.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents recently became convinced that Ron Howard had died in a car accident. They showed me the YouTube videos that led them to that conclusion.
This latest incident in the Oval Office gave me the same sinking feeling as witnessing them being manipulated.

(They were initially pretty angry with me then embarrassed when I had to show them how they had been deceived by clickbait. We did a little nonjudgmental tutorial on reliable sources and I reminded them of when I jumped the gun on James Earl Jones dying and to please always come to me with any information that concerns them and we can look into it together and they have)

The folks manipulating maga really nailed it this time around. People, and for some reason Americans in particular, are really easy to manipulate. Trump is easy to manipulate. Clearly, that’s why he’s so useful to them, he’s no better than your parents at telling truth from fiction. He also has a child’s emotional intelligence so it’s that much easier to give him a pat on the back head snd tell him that he’s a big boy to get him to do what you need him to do.

My question is, why it is so bad in the US compared to other western countries? Why are we so uniquely stupid?

Boomers have no media literacy. They grew up trusting media and government. It is beyond their comprehension to conceive of otherwise.

This is not a generation issue. This is a stupidity and ignorance issue.

The generation wars are also propaganda.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure all the white liberals outraged by this are cancelling their summer trips to Europe to book an Airbnb in Soweto to show their solidarity against Trump in these troubling times.

why is pointing out that he was using photos from a massacre in the DRC outrage? people are pointing out facts.

If you watched the clips, you saw who Ramaphosa brought with him. He heads a coalition government. The ag minister is from the DA and is white. Ramaphosa brought white SA businessmen with him. If you truly knew anything about South Africa, you wouldn't be a nut here.

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Anonymous wrote:My parents recently became convinced that Ron Howard had died in a car accident. They showed me the YouTube videos that led them to that conclusion.
This latest incident in the Oval Office gave me the same sinking feeling as witnessing them being manipulated.

(They were initially pretty angry with me then embarrassed when I had to show them how they had been deceived by clickbait. We did a little nonjudgmental tutorial on reliable sources and I reminded them of when I jumped the gun on James Earl Jones dying and to please always come to me with any information that concerns them and we can look into it together and they have)

The folks manipulating maga really nailed it this time around. People, and for some reason Americans in particular, are really easy to manipulate. Trump is easy to manipulate. Clearly, that’s why he’s so useful to them, he’s no better than your parents at telling truth from fiction. He also has a child’s emotional intelligence so it’s that much easier to give him a pat on the back head snd tell him that he’s a big boy to get him to do what you need him to do.

My question is, why it is so bad in the US compared to other western countries? Why are we so uniquely stupid?

Anonymous wrote:I’m sure all the white liberals outraged by this are cancelling their summer trips to Europe to book an Airbnb in Soweto to show their solidarity against Trump in these troubling times.

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Foreign leaders are going to stop coming to the Oval Office. Who wants to be set up like this?