I love my dad. He's not an unintelligent guy. But he and my mother consistently watch MSNBC. Trying to talk politics with him is impossible. It's like he lives in an entirely different world, where: - Ukraine has taken back most of the land annexed by Russia; - We had to stop Putin in Ukraine, or Poland would be next, and the world would be taken over by "Communists" from Russia and China. - We have to back Israel, or a similar fate will befall the planet. All the while, he couldn't stop talking about abortion somehow. In a country and world, which is at the precipice of existential disaster on numerous fronts, somehow my almost 80-year-old father is made to care about abortion seemingly as much or more than any other singular issue of our time. Thank God cable news is going the way of the dinosaur. P.S. When I talk to old people who watch FOX, it's not much better, if at all.
@FLOMBARDIMUSIC I know people with advanced degrees who say this. I watched MSNBC, once
@Jpdavi4 Propaganda, or one's susceptibility to it, seems to have very little to do with one's intelligence level or their level of education.
@FLOMBARDIMUSIC @Jpdavi4 You're right. Anyone, no matter the level of educational attainment, can be propagandized.