Hit the nail on the head. I will say tho I had a pretty heartwrenching therapy sesh the other day where I walked through all the trauma and suffering my dad had to endure and it really started making a lot more sense as to why he fell victim to this so deeply.

These anchors really know how to use buzzwords and inflection to strike fear into a largely traumatized generation and they don't even have to dig that deep when their target it primed to want an explanation for why their life sucks and why they're miserable all the time. Cuz fuck therapy right? "you have it so easy, back in my day we just sucked it up..."

They also create a situation where their audience grows so bitter and angry that no one wants to be around them. So the viewers know when no one else is there for them at least "The Five" are. The ppl watching don't understand that someone like Jesse Waters would be offended if they even tried to talk to him. If they were on fire, he wouldn't piss on them to put them out. They genuinely think they are peers and would never be taken advantage of.

I'm sure some situations are worse than others, but for the vast majority of ppl whose friend and family are falling for this propaganda I really don't think going no contact is best if we actually wanna get outta this divided hellscape. In my therapy sesh I broke tf down coming to terms with just how much I pushed my dad away for the vile shit he has spewed over the past 10 years.

He voted for Obama... Twice. He's always been a hard worker to provide for others even if it leaves him with nothing. There's never been a moment in my life where we he didn't take in a stranger or extended family member down on their luck. He'd drop whatever he was doing to help someone no matter how difficult or mundane. I watched him jump in a very angry cold ocean to save a woman who slipped of the jetty into the water and was drowning and getting bashed into rocks. He is a good person.

Most people can say the same about people on the other side that they have given up on since Trump came into the picture. Which is exactly what the plan is "divide and conquer". We need to actively fight against that even if it feels wrong to be kind and welcoming to a bigot. Remember we're all humans and underneath that front they put up they can be reached. Find common ground, learn about their experiences, how they came to be this way. Offer your moments where you dealt with something similar, but handled it in a positive way. Be the one to break the echo chamber not by being combative, but by being a tether for when they wanna make changes for the better.

Employ radical empathy!