No one said anything about proper.

I answered the questions posed. I didn’t add any other context or inject my feelings into it. If you want to have a discussion about the ramifications of this person being elected, that’s another conversation. I’d be happy to engage with that and I’m sure you and I would be in agreement.

That’s a bit concerning that you have this fact mistaken.

Trump: 77,168,458 49.9%
Harris: 74,749,891 48.3%

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/RESULTS/zjpqnemxwvx/president/

Because we’ve been lead to believe brainwashed to believe that consumerism solves everything.

Advertising, influencers, and what we’ve declared the meaning of “success” to mean all tell us that we must own and collect and covet in order to feel whole.

We’ve attributed less value to those who choose to give and educate and heal over those who hoard and enslave and control.

Because we’ve lost sight of the value of community and instead use consumerism as a way to relate to one another. Because there are powerful forces creating narratives to divide us and despise one another.

Humans struggle to survive without socializing. When you’re no longer able or have the opportunity to trust and respect your neighbor, you seek other opportunities to relate and communicate with others.

We’ve leaned on isolationism and the internet to create communities. These communities or tribes aren’t built on hyper-localism or the common experiences gained over time and environment but on ideas, passions, and hobbies. They may fulfill a portion of our human desires but they aren’t whole.

We struggle more to belong to something these days. Sometimes we join religions or cults. Sometimes we use social media and post on forums. Sometimes we collect things or we do our hair or makeup or dress a certain way. We want to belong with others.

We want to find community where we no longer have it.

What has God done for you lately?

You’ve asked two different questions.

1. Why don’t the democratic voters actually riot

• First, riots are illegal. I think you mean protest.
• Protest what? He was just elected president. A bit more than the majority of the electorate made this choice so we all have to deal with it. It’s called democracy.
• He ran a relatively transparent campaign. So far, all he’s done is sign executive orders we all knew he was going to do. A majority of Americans voted for these actions.

2. Why are the journalist bending over to Musk?

• Why aren’t they calling his nazi salute a nazi solute? Fear.
• I read an article saying Jon Stewart was the only one the mentioned Musk’s salute. I watched the segment and, while he did mention it, he did not call it a nazi salute. He tried to, in Jon’s funny way, make an excuse for what he was doing.
• I suspect there are legal reasons for not calling this a nazi salute. Likely defamation.
• There’s also people / organizations (like the ADL) who, for whatever reason, need to be kept in the good grace’s of these powerful people or who need to maintain their seat at one table or another.

By constantly asking “why”. Certainly, by asking why something is popular and ponder that for as long as needed until you come to a reasonable conclusion.

You may never conclude why some things are the way they are but by keeping this in mind, you’ll pick up the habit of thinking independently.

Actually, one of the things I’m always wondering is how I became an independent thinker. I have a hard time understanding how so many people are so gullible and what I can do to help them.

I can’t help by attributing my independent thinking to being somewhat isolated and poor as a child. I’m self sufficient and reject most things that are popular.

I also worked in advertising as a graphic artist for a few years. It became apparent that I am not cut out for thinking like everyone else. Advertising still annoys the heck out of me.

A quote is not a source. The news often misquotes people or takes words out of context.

A tweet should be screenshotted with the original link along with an alternate to xcancel.com.

If the tweet itself has a link or mentions something elsewhere, a link to that source should also be provided.

Sounds like a lot but anything less is misinformation, as far as I’m concerned. So much news and memes have been spread where the subject is taken out of context. Hours or days or years will go by before people come to discover the true meaning of something and by then the impression has already been made.

There should be a bot that converts the links like there is for youtube.

Sources are important, along with screenshots. Images can be manufactured or manipulated. Posts can be edited.

Anyone here old enough to remember the Exxon Valdez?