Trying to Parse Different Views on Voting and Election Security
An unwitting foray into a conservative forum was depressing, but maybe enlightening. Don’t give up hope!
I didn’t know I was going down a rabbit hole. I joined a politics/social issues group on a different media platform to share my recent article critical of certain conservative perspectives on voting. While I had read some posts of active members that were clearly expressing conservative viewpoints, I figured there would be other views in the group. I was wrong.
It appears this group is primarily comprised of conservatives. And while I frequently read conservative opinion pieces from talking heads, it’s much different to engage rank and file proponents of those ideas. In some of my social circles every conservative is a troll. I don’t think that’s fair, and I didn’t encounter that here. Several were willing to engage in depth.
I may have stumbled on the what, I’m just not sure of the why.
The chasm between liberal and conservative viewpoints on voting and election security is staggering. Many liberals like to talk about facts as if they’ve cornered the market on them, and bemoan conservatives living in a different reality. I’m certainly sympathetic…
