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edit: seems like some people interpret “full of” as a mathematical majority which, while it may or might not be true instance to instance, isn’t my intent in posting

feel free to swap in “has a lot of” if that’s more familiar language to you :)

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[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (17 children)

Most folks in the south are good, honest, hard-working people - but the levels of propaganda aimed at keeping them ignorant and blaming minorities for systemic issues are hard to overstate. That coupled with a crumbling education system, poverty, and voter suppression is what keeps the south voting against the best interests of the majority of people.

The average Southern voter is just trying to do the right thing with the information they have access to. Doesn't make them any less wrong, but it does make the situation more morally complex.

It always makes me sad when I see people in Left spaces saying things like "it serves them right" etc etc when disasters occur. Sure, the majority of voters may have voted for policies that caused these things, but they are ignorant and have been lied to their whole lives. Not to mention all the folks who have been disenfranchised by the system.

Edit: for those responding: most. Most people. Like 40% of people don't vote. And another 25+% vote Dem. Of the remaining 30-35% that decide elections for Republicans, most of those are extremely misled, either thinking Dems are to blame for Rep policies that harm them, that Dem policies will make it impossible for them to make a living, etc. etc. A subset of those 30-35% are just outright evil and either want to throw everyone under the bus for a few tax breaks or are just rascists/bigots. But, that is not most people. Note, I don't lime the Democrats, but their policies are significantly less harmful than Rep policies. If you actually talk to people in the South, you would understand that. Some are out-and-out ghouls, but most people are miseducated, poor, and have been told who to blame by the powers that be.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

No. Hard stop NO. Ignorance is no longer an acceptable excuse. They all have access to the same internet as the rest of us and all have the ability to verify the things they see and hear. Most choose not to.

I'll accept gerrymandering and some other hard physical barriers but ignorance and lack of education is no longer acceptable.

[–] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 11 points 3 days ago

They do not have access to the same internet. Just see how Facebook's algorithm decides what to show you based on your IP and usage history and a bajillion other factors. And how Google changes the search results based on IP too. They don't choose not to verify the things they see; those things were presented as the truth to them in the first place.

[–] cfi@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Critical thinking skills are essential for that, and they stopped teaching that a long time ago. It's not enough to have access to information, you have to have the skills to judge and interpret it. This is why misinformation is such a problem, people literally don't have the skills to distinguish between it and actual facts

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nobody ever taught me that either but I figured it out. I wish this didn't need to be taught at all.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am going to assume you went to a public school, yeah?

[–] projectsquared@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It isn’t the schools’ responsibility to give you every damn skill necessary to be a functioning adult. We keep trying to put the blame somewhere where it doesn’t belong.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Who's responsibility is it? The parents? The ones who were themselves indoctrinated? The point of mentioning schools is to say that the reliable baseline of public education isn't so reliable anymore, so all they have is propaganda filtered through their parents and community.

It's not about placing blame, it's about diagnosing the causes and devising a fitting solution.

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