Fuck, this was happening when my younger sister was going to bars. It wasn’t a thing I was aware of when I was younger. But I remember my sister saying 15 years ago that people were slipping drugs into drinks for this same reason. It was just to fuck with people

What credible reason and sources do you have to support that there was some kind of threat that deserved an invasion?

Also American media is corrupt no doubt. But that doesn’t make RT today equal or superior. RT will do what American media did during the Iraq war just with much greater bullshit and less credibility.

As far as I’ve seen. There’s a good reason to believe what you said is pretty much a bullshit line from the Kremlin similar to WMD in Iraq. Which a lot of us here recognize because we’ve been through it.

It’s fine as long as the non factual stuff is pointed out. Biased reporting is still reporting and helps get all sides which the news is suppose to do

Absolutely not true. I find more often they use lots of statistics. That’s the whole facts over feelings thing.

I would have no problem getting anyone at r/conservative to pull up similar data points and statistics to show immigrants are taking jobs, contributing to crime statistics or any other claim. It’s very eerily similar to the emerging opinion on the left when compared to opinions on the right towards immigrants.

Regardless of validity of opinion. What I’m noticing is the role the media has played on shaping opinion and fed it.

That might actually reinforce my point

But even the terminology suggests you’re coming from a lower place. So wouldn’t it make sense that the people from the place you’re coming from have some responsibility for the state it was in. Like how right now we’re seeing a decline in American culture and increase in corruption. It was voted in by Americans. So if Americans were to all of a sudden immigrate to say Canada to get away, wouldn’t they fucking hate it if other Americans who voted for Republicans start following them because of the opportunity.

It’s the same sentiment towards immigrants that’s seen on the right.

The media have been running the exact same headlines. It feels weirdly like the corporate run media have an agenda to show us all the horrors of AI like they will take our jobs, they are going to collapse our society, they are a threat to our children, they contribute to organized crime. Same headlines every time.

I anticipate people here will be bothered by this statement just like if you say immigration isn’t really a big problem in r/conservative. The media is insidious. But I really think it’s a good opportunity to see how it shapes public opinion.

Maybe we need a new way to approach school. I don’t think I agree with turning education into a competition where the difficulty is curved towards the most competitive creating a system that became so difficult that students need to edge each other out any way they can.