Gotta look at that right wing radio cabal also

Education and critical thinking skills. Which is why they want to defund public schools so all children can be indoctrinated in “Christian” private schools.

you do it with massive funding to public education for generations.

which is why massive first amendment violations are more likely

There's no need to shut them down:

"The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that fairly reflected differing viewpoints. In 1987, the FCC abolished the fairness doctrine"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine

Shutting down Facebook would be huge. It's a cesspool of propaganda.

No kidding, I don't know why she feels the need to insert herself in this year's politics with this super divisive "cult deprogramming" language/narrative. Not that a lot of folks don't need to step down from the rhetoric of violence and demagoguery that's a big part of MAGA, they absolutely, do... but seriously, Hillary, you are such an unnecessary bull in the china shop on this right now. Like her or hate her, I think it's a pretty objective statement that bringing the temperature down and bringing people together just isn't something her presence and choice of language in this debate is going to accomplish.

Came in here to say basically this. The fact that they used Hilary as the image for this articles headline killed any credibility instantly. She is not relevant and hasn't been since she lost. There is zero positives to bringing her up. Unless you want an example of exactly how not to run a presidential campaign.

I saw the link was from Salon.com... as relevant to politics as TMZ is to climate change.

Republicans are programmed due to their echo chambers. People who don't even follow the news have been shown to be more informed than Republicans who watch and listen to conservative media.

I don't understand why the DNC (as in the actual organization, not Democrat voters) is so god damn obsessed with Hillary. It feels like they would crown her queen if they could. Makes me wonder if she has some dirt on key people in their organization or something.

I have a hard time taking this article seriously.

Not a surprise given it's from Salon. It's a shitrag. I haven't read this article but I've noticed a pattern based on other articles being posted around Lemmy. A third is rabble-rousing and pandering to the virtue signaling far left. Half is adjacent filler content. The rest is a valid meaningful point worthy of real discussion and has little to do with the headline.

Just noting the comment below about "Republicans are programmed due to their echo chambers"... Dude, if you believe that's a republican-only phenomenon, you have been programmed by the echo chamber you follow. I'd love a source for "people who don't follow the news have been shown to be more informed than republicans".
Speaking of "echo chambers", that full of shit comment is getting upvoted. You might find yourself currently inside the echo chamber.

As a liberal progressive, I'm worried that so many of us are falling prey to the tactics that have worked for conservative media for decades. I thought we were supposed to be more intelligent. It seems like tribalism really is all that matters - intellectualism be damned.

Defunding and privatization of public schools also started for similar reasons

I'm not saying that you're wrong. But I am saying that history doesn't agree with your approach.

If you're in an enclosed space with a crazy person who's flailing around with a knife, " leave them alone and let's focus on ourselves" isn't going to mitigate the damage.

You cannot be tolerant to intolerance if you want a tolerant society.