Since I'm talking about my family and politics, here's something else for y'all. I was about to blog about how this reminds me of a family political discussion and tell you about it, but then I remembered that I already did. So I'll just add some more commentary.
It is kind of funny/insane what happens when two separate propaganda campaigns collide, in this case 1) that socialism is inherently bad and 2) that whatever Democrat is running for office is a socialist. Both ideas are so detached from reality that I don't even know where to start. That old post I linked to is as good as anything I'd come up with now.
In the actual conversation mentioned, I simply asked for clarification as to what was so troubling about the policy ideas under discussion, and my followup questions on the meaningless replies made it obvious to everyone involved that the replies offered were meaningless. Which led to: "so you're a fan of Hillary, huh?" Which introduces another dimension of lunacy, which is that by passively implying that assertions should defensibly make sense, in the alternate reality we inhabit I was defending the ideas/person under attack. Of course in my own personal reality all I was doing is valuing intellectual honesty. But in America there's no such thing; there is only power. Through that lens I suppose I was indeed somehow defending Hillary Clinton and the power structures with which she is aligned simply by questioning a baseless attack against her.
If I wanted to I could probably come up with a few more levels of insanity but that seems like enough for now. I guess my point is that there are so many layers of bullshit operating simultaneously that is is almost impossible to break through them and make sense to people. These people I was talking to aren't stupid. They're actually pretty smart, but they've soaked up the bullshit that is forced upon them. In that regard, we're all victims of ... this...
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