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  Disinformation =  not the opinion of the media generating the story
context: A huge problem is that many Americans find reality to painful so they seek out disinformation that fits what they want the world to be like. >
  
  The gutting of the middle class, increased costs of raising a healthy nuclear family (which society heavily pressures people to do), instability in the work place, decline of social support systems (and its replacement with much less healthy elements in social media) and increases in poverty caused by wealth concentration were always going to open the gates to these kinds of issues.
  It's no excuse for bad behaviors, but they do not necessarily happen in a vacuum either.
  My one hope is that by exposing our society's deep problems, it's finally also forcing us to confront them, even if only slowly. >
  
  These are features not bugs. >
  
  Yep, I mean it's like the cities during BLM that "burned to the ground" and when people are: "Ummm... that's one store or one location and only happened in two major cities and at the worse was $2K in damages." These people are: "oh no, you are living in a fantasy world." or "Well, they rebuilt it over night using tax payers money to hide it." The real reason, I'll quote my former co-worker: "Should have been like the 1960s when they would shoot protesters for damages." When they were born over a decade later after that happened. Yet, thought the freedom conveys and January 6th were "peaceful protests". When everything showed they weren't and people have admitted they were screwed over by Trump. 
  It's like the boss or assistant manager that blames all the problems of a department or their own failings on the employee who does: all the sales, customer service and orders and has a damn good track record. Yet always blames them for not making them look good or the place's failures are on them. Then when that said employee quits or does get fired over a "made up issue". Then they are left to their own mechanics and then the real manager or board of directors see that they are a complete moron and they really don't know what they are doing. Then they come back with: "But it's not my fault, if they would have let me abuse them more, we wouldn't be in this mess." Board/Manager: "But the loses are all on you, you signed off on it." The assistant manager: "No that wasn't me."  Board/Manager: "That's your signature here." Assistant Manager: "... I'm fired aren't I?" >
  
  I live in Chicago and still to this day cannot convince my in-laws that the city didn't burn to the ground. I sent them videos, and pictures of me on Michigan avenue, and still they believe what their Facebook friends who live in the suburbs were saying. It's just mind blowing how much people will believe what they want to believe. Only positive is that they are too scared to visit because BLM/Antifa has taken over the city lol. >
  
  Got the same from my family when I went to Seattle on vacation.
  Oh my god that whole city burnt to the ground, it's like mad max out there, they don't even let white people in anymore, you can't go there, it's too dangerous.
  Definitely the finest American city I've visited. I'm sure Seattle has a bad side, but I didn't see it (okay, aside from high cost of living and mega corps buying up all the housing). People up there just seem generally happy too, like you hear all this shit about "southern charm" but I found that folks seem much more pleasant than most places I've been. >
  
  Local Seattleite here — the worst of Seattle is the housing is absurdly expensive. Otherwise, it’s a pretty nice place.
  Edit to add — and I’m Black. Racism is everywhere, of course, but this is the one place I haven’t felt it oozing everywhere. Me and my family really like it here. >
  
  You mean like saying you’re a gay Jewish guy that lost employees in the Pulse shooting and your grandparents fled the Holocaust when in reality you’re just a Brazilian bad check writing divorcée? >
  
  It is a sad state of affairs,  unfortunately some of a certain political persuasion have been spoonfed a steady diet of misinformation from their own biased news sources with fear mongering and manufactured outrage that they don't know any better. Not justifying it, just pointing that out. >
  
  Oh but not you. >
  
  I am flawed, just like everyone else. The difference is I am man enough to admit it, recognize when I'm wrong, learn from it and grow.
  Other people are just stubborn idiots that believe and do whatever the man in the picture box tells them.
  The question you should be asking yourself is which one are YOU? >
  
  My local town election was a cesspool of misinformation. The guy running for mayor is a retired cop who misused his position to dig dirt on every council person, town manager and anyone who challenged his misuse of information. He would find one thing, like a bankruptcy from the past, and paint this inaccurate picture of that person. He is a scumbag and never one showed up to a council meeting to speak his mind. He is an old white guy from the boomer generation who is a weak keyboard warrior. Needless to say, he lost! The more people that met him, the more votes he lost. Point is, he is still barking at every leaf that falls like a dumb dog. No offense to dogs.