I once heard that Pat Buchanan argued to the Republican party that it should not try to moderate to find votes but instead work towards getting votes even further on the right. It seems that Trump took that approach and maybe added populism. I think Sinclair Lewis wrote back in the 30s or 40s that Fascism would come to the US cloaked in a flag and carrying a bible. Also prescient. And all of this is forwarded by Fox. Before Fox it was am talk radio, and mostly Rush Limbaugh. More recently Ezra Klein wrote about polarization. And then in his most recent book Chris Hayes states that it has never been easier for people to shout and it has never been harder for them to get anyone to hear them. With all of this, I guess I wonder, how do we change minds? How do we open minds? One person cannot change another's mind. We have to let people who are devotees of Fox and right wind media feel heard and then suggest questions that may make them doubt their own choices and change their own minds. Or we just try to get to the disenfranchised before the right does.... I guess.
“With all of this, I guess I wonder, how do we change minds? How do we open minds? One person cannot change another's mind. We have to let people who are devotees of Fox and right wind media feel heard and then suggest questions that may make them doubt their own choices and change their own minds.”
- This is a good idea and I have found this approach effective somewhat, but it takes multiple conversations with the same person on a regular basis to change their views on issues. Fox has their captive attention 24/7 and it’s very hard to compete with that.
I once heard that Pat Buchanan argued to the Republican party that it should not try to moderate to find votes but instead work towards getting votes even further on the right. It seems that Trump took that approach and maybe added populism. I think Sinclair Lewis wrote back in the 30s or 40s that Fascism would come to the US cloaked in a flag and carrying a bible. Also prescient. And all of this is forwarded by Fox. Before Fox it was am talk radio, and mostly Rush Limbaugh. More recently Ezra Klein wrote about polarization. And then in his most recent book Chris Hayes states that it has never been easier for people to shout and it has never been harder for them to get anyone to hear them. With all of this, I guess I wonder, how do we change minds? How do we open minds? One person cannot change another's mind. We have to let people who are devotees of Fox and right wind media feel heard and then suggest questions that may make them doubt their own choices and change their own minds. Or we just try to get to the disenfranchised before the right does.... I guess.
“With all of this, I guess I wonder, how do we change minds? How do we open minds? One person cannot change another's mind. We have to let people who are devotees of Fox and right wind media feel heard and then suggest questions that may make them doubt their own choices and change their own minds.”
- This is a good idea and I have found this approach effective somewhat, but it takes multiple conversations with the same person on a regular basis to change their views on issues. Fox has their captive attention 24/7 and it’s very hard to compete with that.