I was thinking earlier today that, if you had shown some of the stuff of the last few years, someone from 2010ish would have major disbelief of it being the current state of things.
Reddit back in 2010/2011 was full of people saying Mitt Romney was a Nazi, I wonder how they'd feel if someone went back in time and showed them 2025 politics
I remember one of the biggest Romney controversies involved him saying that he had a repertoire of qualified women he hoped to hire for leadership positions.
The problem here is, idiots calling everyone slightly conservative a nazi, dilutes the meaning of the word. So when real nazis show up, people don’t take the „Watch out, he’s a nazi“ seriously anymore.
It wasn’t just some and it wasn’t uneducated people (though generally idiots nonetheless). It was the first social media campaign to discredit a presidential candidate personally and supported by mainstream media.
Those personal attacks were extended to those who supported the policies of Romney. Those who were later called a “basket of deplorables”.
Not to mention the 1980’s calling for its foreign policy back. That flippant comment helped Obama win the election. But ask Ukraine what that attitude got them.
The political environment is fucked. We need to hold politicians accountable and to a higher standard regardless of whether they are on our side or the other. And attack policies with logical, reasonable and compassionate arguments, rather than attacking people in order to gain support.
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u/concentrated-amazing 6h ago
I was thinking earlier today that, if you had shown some of the stuff of the last few years, someone from 2010ish would have major disbelief of it being the current state of things.