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Just when you thought you couldn’t be any more disgusted by the mainstream media (or American Pravda, as I like to call it), the aftermath of the resoundingly strong statement election has proven us wrong. Because of exaggerations, misquotes, and outright lies about President Trump, the people who were adamantly supportive of Kamala Harris are in genuine fear for their lives.
It doesn’t help that Reddit has turned itself into an echo chamber, permanently banning anyone who tries to speak logically or mentions that they supported Trump in the election. Social proof of the hysteria fills mediums like TikTok, X, and Instagram, where people are filming their meltdowns over the election results.
But the real issue here isn’t the reactions. It’s what caused the reactions, and it wasn’t Trump.
The lies have caused immense harm.
Between the outright lies of the Harris campaign and the way the media picked them up and magnified them, people are convinced of outrageous things. I’m trying to look at this compassionately because many of us have had our own worries about four years under Harris or President Biden and eight years with President Obama.
The difference is not that our fears are rooted in reality and therefore more reasonable – not at all. The difference is that our fears were not magnified by every social media outlet but X and amplified by the mainstream media every single day of the entire election. Many of these people are truly convinced that their lives are at risk in a Trump presidency. The news has told them so, and it is reinforced every day, creating a terrifying echo chamber. Because they are so convinced, it’s very difficult to get through to them that things are not as they believe.
The outrageous propaganda has accelerated to the point that it’s about to lead to suicides, civil unrest, and perhaps even civil war.
And most of it is based on lies and misdirections.
I started out being amused by the meltdowns – some of them genuinely are outrageous. But I quickly realized that while for some, it was showmanship, for many others, it was mortal fear – a fear that was manufactured but is nonetheless real. And, this may be an unpopular opinion, but I can’t look at it that way and feel good about it.
The monster doesn’t really have to be in the closet for a child to be terrified of what’s in the closet. If they’re convinced the monster is there, then they feel authentic fear.
The media will have blood on its hands.
The media has the blood on its hands of anyone who commits suicide over this manufactured fear. They bear the responsibility for anyone harmed in civil unrest that arises from this. They’ve lied nonstop and without public rebuttals about things like Project 2025, abortion bans, gay marriage being dissolved, and interracial marriages being dissolved. They’ve been told that even legal immigrants to the country will be rounded up into camps and deported. They’re convinced that there are internment camps there for them. They believe that women will be forced to have babies and that the government will track their menstrual period apps for irregularities.
If you think about it, with the camps and such, some of their conspiracy theories have been some of our conspiracy theories. It’s just that the villain is different. And we didn’t spin out of control because we also had the world telling us we were crazy, whereas their world is reaffirming their fears around the clock.
Look at some of the following with the awareness that these poor people have been brainwashed to truly believe that what they fear is real.
(Warning: Mentions of abortion, profanity, and suicide.)
Dude, the media has brainwashed a bunch of women into thinking that Donald Trump is going to knock down their door tomorrow and force them to give birth to babies. It’s that insane.
How could people be this brainwashed? It just blows my mind. pic.twitter.com/IjBbdamel7
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) November 7, 2024
These screenshots were collected by the X user, Reddit Lies.
It’s easy to look at this stuff and laugh it off.
It’s far more difficult for us to understand their fears and show compassion, particularly after we ourselves have been demonized for years.
The people who need to be held accountable are the talking heads who reinforced these laws and triggered this fear. Honestly, I see these people as victims of the media and the shady campaign run by the Democrats. I have more to say on this topic, but that is content for a different article.
While I’m sick to death of being called a Nazi, a fascist, garbage, an inbred hillbilly, uneducated, and worse, lashing out in anger will do nothing to resolve this. Our anger should be directed where it is deserved: the people creating dark fairy tales and boogeymen and convincing these folks it was real.
All we can do individually right now is show people who we really are. Remember that if someone truly believes that a danger exists, it doesn’t matter if it is real or not. It’s real to them. If you can’t bring yourself to feel compassion or kindness, at least don’t make their fears worse than they already are.
I believe we can do better than what has been done to us over the past decades.
This is our part of making America great again.
About Daisy
Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, adventure-seeking, globe-trotting blogger. She is the founder and publisher of three websites. 1) The Organic Prepper, which is about current events, preparedness, self-reliance, and the pursuit of liberty; 2) The Frugalite, a website with thrifty tips and solutions to help people get a handle on their personal finances without feeling deprived; and 3) PreppersDailyNews.com, an aggregate site where you can find links to all the most important news for those who wish to be prepared. Her work is widely republished across alternative media and she has appeared in many interviews.
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I just posted on my FB today about this exact issue upon seeing multiple followers talking about how their lives are in danger now, how terrified they are, how their jobs and lives are going to be eliminated, and similar discussions – it’s SO SAD how brainwashed these people have become from all the fear-mongering!
I know it isn’t kind to say so, but the first woman is getting exactly what we went thru for 4 years. She is now a prepper!
My concern is what information sources are these folks getting their information wrong, because every single bit of it is easily and demonstrably FALSE. Many are clearly mentally ill, and that is nothing to joke about – but the best thing anyone can do is shut off your social media and get outside. Life outside the bubble is much better than anyone can imagine.
Absolutely!
Oh my goodness. I had no idea that people really believe this way. First it makes me very angry at the fear mongers and liars. But my heart absolutely breaks for these people who have been lied to that actually believe these lies. All I know to do is pray for them that they will see the truth. That they may come to know Jesus and know that He is the only truth.
Thank you so much for making us aware of this .. so very sad … it is a spiritual battle… love them ..have empathy..pray against the evil… and pray they are set free and see truth
The problem here is context.
In this case, these people ALL have mental problems!!!
Just like you can’t fix stupid, you can’t fix mental cases. They, themselves, have to choose to become different, to think differently.
People gravitate to the media that says what they want to hear or that they are inclined to believe. This is the main Problem.
Human nature drives some of this, Minorities in any country will always feel marginalized, mistreated, ostracized, etc., just because they are in fact, the minority.
It does not matter what the minority is based upon; sex, politics, skin color, nationality, tribal identity, religion or something else or any combination of the above.
This is proven again and again all over the world.
Bad actors, will always draw on these people’s feelings and seek to use them for their own personal gain or to spread chaos and revolution.
The second point of context is the once you realize it is a “minority” mindset thing, is to realize that it is also world wide thing. Thinking this is only about Trump or conservatives, is another problem. The same problem is the basis for White people are bad, Straight people are bad, All men (patriarchy) are bad, etc.
Over the last 4 years, conservatives felt like they were the minority and reacted the same way these people have. How many conservatives bought into the narrative that the Obama or even the Biden administration was going to target them, Maybe even round them up and put them in camps.
Not everyone bought into that narrative, but it was out there and promoted a lot at the time.
We got over it and they should also, just give them some time. But don’t baby them or make excuses for them. Don’t feed their delusions.
They need to grow up, put on some “big boy” pants, dresses, or whatever and learn to get a life and to get along with the rest on the world.
Wow! I truly feel a deep sorrow for people like this. They are sick mentally and spiritually. They need Jesus. I can totally see how big the divide is here and the potential for some really bad things to happen in the future. Their thinking is so wrong whatever the reason are. May God help them and this country. This world.
Play PREP and be Peaceful. Head on a swivel. Prayers for everyone.
I’d agree that we need to hold MSM, the freak influencers peddling this fear porn online and the schools responsible for starters. Some people are obviously mentally unstable and this has just put them over the edge . For sure people are profiting from peddling this fear.
As an aside I just want to say that while I was watching the first video with that woman obviously convinced we were coming for her and her uterus, my area in Northern Israel experienced our second serious rocket attack of the day, courtesy of Hezbollah. There was a direct hit near me- if you’ve never experienced what a direct hit by a rocket sounds like, let me tell you it’s loud! So I’m still shaking and the entire community is dealing with this. We have real problems and monsters who want us all dead. I don’t have time for manufactured boogeyman under the bed. The snowflakes of the US need to get a grip.
It is sad to see this. This is exactly what happened yesterday with my liberal neighbor. She was truly terrified. My youngest son last night said that I’m wrong because of my Christian stance and that there are more than 2 genders. I have no words. Like none. I take responsibility for my son and my neighbor by NOT preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ more to them. For allowing my son and daughter to go live with their grandparents after their father was murdered, because they were indoctrinated. I told my son that im not going to allow politics to destroy our family. These people truly think we are of the devil because we voted for Trump. The media has blood on their hands.
Very Sad…unfortunately these folks have gone off the deep end…shame on the folks in the media who have brainwashed these poor people.
Thank you Daisy for this good reminder to show love and compassion to our neighbors. It is the lying legacy media that bears most of the guilt, and there but by the grace of God I would be brainwashed too. God bless you!
1.We have to attack the main slime media during the next few months over their lying and its consequences. A couple editors recently helped by publishing their reasons for refusing to endorse Kamala. That was not wanting to keep publishing the fact of their bias.
2.The worst thing was not their outright lies, but the fact that they spike all the important stories. Liberals cannot name a single good thing about Trump, nor why anybody would doubt climate alarmism, and many still don’t know anything bad about the COVID shots.
3.Most Patriots know the MSM uses scary music and other nonverbal cues to amplify fear. Pointing that out to shrieking liberals might be something that would help, because it doesn’t make them wrong.
4. Patriots have been pointing out that the “deep state”/cabal/Satanists/THEM have very good reason to fear Patriots victory, because they have committed Treason, the penalty for which is death. Others have jail to fear, and that was reason enough for their panic. The rank and file democrats were never the target. WE know that, but the Dems were taught to fear, hate and shun us, and karma is a bitch.
5. Absolutely, we must be very gentle with them. WWG1WGA
I don’t think actual mental illness should be overlooked as a main driver for the depression and paranoia these people are experiencing.
Lots of these folks are on medications and have unhealthy diets and habits and some of them are using illicit drugs as well, which certainly can play a part in their delusions.
I also think we should be aware of the narcissism of many of these folks, which impells them to use their suffering, whether real or imagined, to manipulate and control others.
Yep, undoubtedly the media and the Democrat party have a role in these folks’ suffering, but we need to be aware of the other factors, too.
It is difficult to deceive healthy, well balanced people who are rooted in reality, which is likely the reason why the government and its media and Big corporation allies are pushing poor diets, poor habits, “medicine” which causes more problems than it helps, a hedonistic lifestyle and reality-defying delusions of transgenderism to corrupt the health of the minds, bodies and spirits of Americans and other people in the world.
It is much easier to control a paranoid and fear obsessed populace than people who are healthy and rooted in reality.
The Pravda quislings already have the blood of countless millions on their hands. Clotted blood.
They have already done horrible things to all of us with their nonstop lies. (Democrat voters as well as Republican.) They have torn families apart and turned neighbor against neighbor. May the Lord God hold them accountable for the evil which they have done.
You can see the mental breakdown following the absolute election of Trump. There are those who legitimately need to see a therapist. I wish I could remember who said that if Trump wins there will be a huge mental breakdown in this country like you have never seen. Well, you can see it clearly now.