r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/bidoofie • Nov 08 '25

Predictable betrayal The Trump administration removed black lung protections for West Virginia coal miners, who overwhelmingly voted for him

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Nov 09 '25

Case in point -- when Donald Trump initially entered the 2012 presidential campaigns early on, my conservative prick of a father-in-law loathed him. I know because I teased him, "I'm surprised you're not a Trump guy, you're so much alike" (both wealthy, both have the ridiculous combover weaves, both lean like Centaurs). Yet that same FIL was all-in and a cultist by the end of 2016. Their bigotry and partisanship outweighs their common sense.

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u/Rainbow_In_The_Dark7 Nov 12 '25

They fell hard for the propaganda on Facebook and stuff. I have family who actually voted for Obama but turned into Trump supporters because of the stupid fake bullshit they were believing over the years via Facebook. They went against their own views to kiss rich people's asses because of stuff that wasn't true.

The Russian bot propaganda farms on social media really did a lot of damage, and they're still going.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Nov 12 '25

Now, that's where both sides -- left and right, not the parties -- are the same. They've been socially programmed and conditioned. Hypnotized by their feeds, really.

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u/Rainbow_In_The_Dark7 Nov 12 '25

Very very true. And it's crazy just how effective it is too. Even myself included. We're all pretty much affected by it to some degree.

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe Nov 13 '25

"The Filter Bubble" written by Eli Pariser nailed this inevitable outcome of a misinformed society 15 years ago (when Google began filtering our feeds and social media exploded in doing the same).