General Discussion

I am not one for banning speech, but I do think that there is a difference between a person being able to stand on a soapbox (yes, I know it is antiquated) and speak out against the government, and for there to be a coordinated effort by a multinational media corporation and several other coordinated networks funded by billionaires, spreading known lies, with the intention of creating political divisions in which they can profit monetarily and maintain power in government.

I do not know what can be done. I know that because of the First Amendment, that the government cannot stop people from lying. But we need to do something.

This man did not turn against his own son, who was a victim of a traumatic, life altering event, on his own. Conservatives, prior to the advent of Fox News, right wing radio, and websites, were not this consistently mean and devoid of facts. To be sure, there were always major differences between liberals and conservatives in politics, but under Reagan and with the advent of right wing media, where we used to all get the same facts and argue about their implications and policy to address them, we are now living in almost completely separate worlds. Our world, in which facts and the scientific method are still valued, and theirs in which devotion to conservatism and cult like figures, is more important than anything, even family relationships.

Right wing propaganda is tearing this country apart.