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The media has more empathy for white Trump voters burned by Trump than they will ever have for the transgender folks, Black people and immigrants these voters *knew* they were going to hurt.
ehs @eb@social.coop@Daojoan the headline is alarming. The story is, all in all, quite saddening. Not just for her, but for all the people like her who were grasping for hope and somehow convinced themselves that Trump could provide. Then again, it’s befuddling that she convinced herself that surely *her* job wouldn’t be cut.
@eb the story is absolutely tragic. And I feel for her. But where are the stories of the people she voted to hurt?
@Daojoan @eb emotionally regulating my way through an article like this is difficult but attempting to be clear-eyed about it, I am angry at the reporter, because we need to see people use this painful opportunity to *learn*. Does she understand that she did something incredibly reckless and dangerous, and that's what's hurting her? That she should have learned something about her own media literacy and vulnerability to being scammed? Nope, just "that's bullshit" and cut to black.
@Daojoan @eb I want the reporters seeking out these sorts of voters to not just "tell" the truth, hoping against all evidence that the population will somehow passively absorb it when it is very clear that is not happening, and instead take the opportunity to be *teachers* both to their subjects and to the public about the nature of politics and media
@glyph @Daojoan No notes! Of course Daojoan is right that we’re missing the stories of the people *most* affected by this, and you’re right that the story is missing that critical “so I made a mistake and will grow.”
I just think this all is so tragic. I’ve been angry and worried the past weeks. Now I’m sad. Sad that our country has failed voters like her. Sad that our country has failed all those Trump will bully. Sad so many lack critical thinking skills.
@chaucerburnt @glyph @Daojoan @eb
Somewhat off topic but apropos: this article seems to have been posted to the leopards eating faces subreddit.
The sub decided on a chubby leopard as a banner after the election in full knowledge that trump voters would be finding out, and they’ve been right on the money.
Edit: I’ve been ninjaed about the subreddit by someone else in thread, lol
@glyph@mastodon.social @Daojoan@mastodon.social @eb@social.coop I'm happy to say that, at least in my family/family-adjacent, people are learning. These are not die-hard Trumpers, but still, across moderate conservatives who voted that direction, there is definitely a feeling of "wow the Republican party is not justifiable".
@eb@social.coop @glyph@mastodon.social @Daojoan@mastodon.social They did not learn in 2016. Nobody wants to be wrong, and, at the time, Rs played to their political preferences juuust enough to keep the denial alive.
@dealingwith@indieweb.social @eb@social.coop @glyph@mastodon.social @Daojoan@mastodon.social That's interesting; in my family, it was more a matter of overlooking things they loosely disagreed with and focusing hard on the elements they agreed with instead.
@Daojoan @eb, I feel sorry that she has endometriosis. But other than that, she's (or at least the article portrays her as) just a dumb enabler. She voted for a chauvinistic narcissist convicted felon because she saw a TikTok video where he said something about maybe making IVF free. Now she's sad because not only is IVF still expensive less than two months into his presidency, but he also fired her. It almost feels like everything will be fine if only and when she can finally get pregnant.
@Daojoan @eb, at the same time, she doesn't seem to care at all that thousands of other people are being fired just like her, while others are being severely discriminated against, that welfare programs are being trampled on, or that her newly elected president keeps miscalling a leader of a neighboring friendly country a "governor" on purpose and wants to get into bed with every authoritarian regime there is. Nah, who cares about all the ❝politics❞ you know, she just wants a daughter goddammit!
@Daojoan @eb, this pretty much cancels whatever sympathy I have for her.
"Detached from politics" voters like her enable putin in russia, so I guess it's only fair that same sort of people like her enable Trump in the US. But no worries, she can vote again in four years, right?
I'm sorry I got super mad.