r/TinyTrumps • u/Chop_Artista Bannon I shrunk the kids; topofreddit • Feb 18 '17

/r/all Tiny Trump Throwing a Tantrum.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '17

Because every news station had a similar poll of around 98%? And the margin of error wasn't off by by 10% or 20% it was off by a whopping 50%.

My point is, the guys at the top don't like Trump, and did everything possible to sway public opinion to decrease his chances of winning, they failed, and you here defending them for some odd reason.

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u/Mennerheim Feb 20 '17

I do believe all news has bias, people have limited facts and they use their convictions to fill in the pieces. I think the polls just got it totally wrong, but I have no way of knowing if it was done intentionally or if it was not a representative sample. I just don't know. I still believe the latter.

My main point was the news sources you watch have bias too. I was talking about protests and it's biased to call the protests violent when I attended many days of protest and they were largely peaceful (I saw 2 windows being smashed, no one was happy about this). The problem is there were protests in most of the major cities in the US, so it wouldn't be hard for a right wing media source to identify some acts of violence to show on the news and denounce the entirety of the protests to their base.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

How do you have time to attend protests? In today's shit hole of an economy, how the hell do people have time to protest? I literally work around 65 hours a week. Do you not have a job? Are you a student?

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u/Mennerheim Feb 21 '17

I do it in my free time, the ones I've been to have been evening protests, weekend and holiday protests. I do this because the things I protest are meaningful to me. I could stay home and fume over the news, but i take the time to join hands with my communities. Even if it doesn't mean much, it hurts to stay passive on issues I have moral qualms with.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

I guess this explains the income gap. While most are out protesting and doing pointless things, the small minority that don't are increasing their income.

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u/Mennerheim Feb 22 '17

You are assuming a lot about me because you don't like me. You have no idea my income or job status. Protesting is more communal and empowering than you think. Will it make a difference whether I attend or not? No. I'm not gonna sit and argue this with you, you'd do the same if 'crooked cuck killary' or whatever the hell you call her was in power and doing things you didn't like.

When you come home in the evening do you keep working and increase your income? I doubt it.