The MSM and radical left selling fear...a real life example

First, the fear mongering on both sides is pathetic. I despise it now that it's become apparent that it's the method chosen to recruit voters to get elected. Both sides are guilty even though I feel that one side does it more. There's no justifying it either way.

I have a female family member that called another female family member regarding being fearful for our gay female family member.

What was the fear? The fearful one was literally concerned that gays were going to be taken to camps to have the gayness removed.

At first I laughed and thought to tell them all to shut up and toughen up. Instead, I decided to walk through the logic of why that fear was irrational.

The youth of our country are being fed the lie that Rs are evil. I asked her if she thought I supported camps for gays and obviously she said, no. I said do you think anyone that does support such a camp is sane. She said no. I had to explain that a few crazies an entire political party does not make.

I even had to explain that if Trump decided that he wanted to Nuke Chile for fun that it wasn't possible.

The media is to blame for this irrational fear and again, both sides are guilty. No one is coming for our guns and no one is putting gays in camps.

We must push back on the media at every turn because they are profiting on fear mongering and are complicit in dividing this country into slivers so that political elites can get elected. It's pathetic and unpatriotic.

TL/DR: Media sells fear for profit and we need to confront them about it.