• Nougat@fedia.io
      51·
      2 months ago

      The video link is helpful. Memes are not journalism. You’re right to hold on to skepticism.

        • Nougat@fedia.io
          101·
          2 months ago

          Me either. I personally get some fulfillment by doing deep dives on the claims of rage bait screenshots. It’s a good habit to get into, because even if you don’t feel like doing the work for “this one,” you’re still primed to know that that work needs to be done before taking it seriously.

          Propaganda works by taking advantage of what people already want to hear.

        • pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          Yeah, to balance I sometimes check /r/conservative these days. They’re obviously full blown MAGA but boy are they not regretting a thing.

          And if you look at approval ratings he’s doing pretty fucking well

          By the numbers: 53% of Americans approve of Trump so far, according to a newly released CBS News/YouGov poll conducted Feb. 5 to 7, while 47% disapproved.

          https://www.axios.com/2025/02/09/trump-approval-ratings-poll

    • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      172·
      2 months ago

      Its leopardsatemyface, where do you expect the individuals having their faces eaten be found aside from social media? Most of those taking place on social media many on Lemmy would be unwilling to go to, and may even be blocked by the instance (x for example, depending on the instance of course).

      This community is not about large scale shifts so much as individuals having their faces eaten by the leopards eating faces party.

      So I’m not sure what you’re expecting to see instead.

        • Alteon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          2 months ago

          Not OP. I get what your asking for, but this isn’t supposed to be a news community. The whole point of this community is schadenfreude on the concept that people have completely voted against their own interests. Essentially, it highlights people get blindsided when the party they voted for enacts policy or actions that harm them…especially when they were told this exact thing would happen.

          There used to be absolutely tons of Brexit items up here as well (at least on the reddit side). We’re about to see 4 more years of it.

          It would be like if you went to an unboxing community and got frustrated at the fact that no one then did anything with the items after they were unboxed - they absolutely will…it’s just not the point of that community.

        • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          101·
          2 months ago

          Is it some strange requirement that we’re not allowed to show something a bit…more? Are the rules of this community that it has to be out of context screenshots and social media clips?

          No one said it wasn’t allowed. It absolutely would be, feel free to find one and post!

          Besides, how can you possibly claim to be showing “large scale shifts” with posts like this?

          Who is claiming “large scale shifts”? These are anecdotes that fit, nothing more.

          I honestly don’t understand why you’re surprised. I’m not being contrarian, I don’t understand why you’d think this would be some meta analysis community. Its a specific community with a simple topic.

        • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          At the risk of being controversial, you MAY need to follow more communities than LAMF to get the big picture of trends in American political perceptions.

          You may also get upvotes for sharing here if you find something concrete though.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      161·
      2 months ago

      “(A farmer) votes for billionaires, (he) is surprised when they act like billionaires.”

      The OP’s post and headline doesn’t claim any larger opinion shift is occurring.

      Just that a farmer who voted for the LEFP is getting his face eaten by the LEFP.

      That’s the point of the instance.

      The water dump in the added links is definitely true, and has impacted mostly-republican farmers in the Central Valley for no useful purposes.

        • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          7·
          2 months ago

          Ah. I see the issue, you misread. Allow me to quote myself with some emphasis added:

          This community is not about large scale shifts so much as individuals having their faces eaten by the leopards eating faces party.

          I think you missed the “not” on your first read.