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SHOCK POLL: Trump Approval Craters to 33% in New AP Poll, Whopping 67% Disapprove
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This happened to me yesterday and might help explain why his approval is still so high:
I'm in my 40s, sitting in a waiting room, waiting to consult with a doctor about the ol' snip-snip. The room is filled with aging boomers and gen-x of all walks of life. I mean, the next youngest patient in this room is probably 20-years my senior. Some random guy down the seat row on the other side of the room is talking to someone, presumably his wife but maybe an older female child, about mutual family and friends and the goings-on. I'm ignoring everything as usual until I hear, 'I know you don't like tRump...' My ears perk up.
He goes on to talk about finding these tRump coins online and inquires into whether some acquaintance of theirs, or their offspring, might like one. I can't really hear the woman's response, but she clearly doesn't want to talk about this now, in this place, and within easy earshot of every soul in the room.
He reiterates that he knows that she doesn't like tRump, but this is about someone else and if she thinks the coins might make a good gift. I still can't hear the whole response from the lady, but she mentions the AI Jesus post. Dude seemed clueless as to what she was talking about. He says, 'no, I hadn't heard about that'. She goes on to explain how much it upset people and the backpedaling he tried to do to sane face with Christians.
Here's a dude buying tRump coins as gifts like a dude might buy a sports team's merchandise, not knowing the shit that's actively perpetuated by that sports team. It's clear that most are not on tRump's Twitter clone for infantile adults, but likely only see the posts that some Facebook groups want them to see. Whatever echo chamber these people are siloed in is going to great lengths to isolate that 33% from the real shit tRump does.
I hear you and I want to acknowledge that people are complex and many otherwise good people are caught in these echo chambers doing or supporting bad things.
That said, it's no fucking excuse to not educate yourself and stay up on the news.
No excuse, but that anger seems to only exacerbate the issue. For what its worth, i think the information age has created a huge curse of knowledge between generations and social economic groups and social media is being weaponized to increase this phenomenon
The "curse of knowledge" is a cognitive bias where experts or informed individuals fail to accurately imagine what it is like not to know something, assuming others share their level of understanding. This leads to poor communication, teaching difficulties, and overestimating others' knowledge. It differs from the Dunning-Kruger effect, where people with low ability overestimate their competence.
These people barely understand that different news sources exist. They just learn things from "the TV".
"Social Media? I think my nephew told me about that once in 2014, but I can't remember what it is."
you mean watch Fox news on the TV?
I may consider this reasonable if the Doctor Jesus thing was the odd thing the child rapist had done but we are literally talking about 2 scandals per week at minimum. What you saw there is not a man who is out of the loop, what you saw in display was one of the true American values: "willful ignorance"
The MAGA slogan: Don't bother me with facts, my mind is made up.
like cement: thoroughly mixed and permanently set
When all you consume is garbage like Fox News and Newsmaxx, you never see like 95% of the shit he does.
I have definitely heard the “I know you don’t like tRump…” intro to a statement from his supporters (who happened to be family or friends) at least a few times before. It’s too early for me to analyze the commonality right now.
It's lampshading to deflect negative reactions.
"I said I know you don't like him, you don't need to keep repeating it."
The only future for the world is the fact that most Boomers will be dead in the next 10 years.