Consuming biased media distorts what Democrats believe drives and informs conservatives. This effect does not go in the other direction. Everything we know about Democrats spews, ceaselessly, from their lips and major media. Everything they think they know about us comes from media propaganda, out-of-context video clips, and other loony bins who don’t speak for the right.

This misrepresentation results in statements to Donald Trump supporters like, “I guess you’re OK with Trump turning the country into a fascist dictatorship.” In addition to inviting a debate about Trump’s intentions, this challenges you to defend how you can be such a blind, gullible idiot unable to see the obvious truth. See: “Do you still beat your wife?”

Recently, a left-leaning friend proposed we attempt a civil conversation, in writing, about several subjects including climate change (yes, I broke my own rule). The conversation was civil and respectful, but we could not agree on any scientific expert or study that we could use as a common starting point. So, the conversation went nowhere concerning changing minds or openness to new information by either side.

The science is settled, and arguing that “settled science” is an oxymoron will get you nowhere. You’re a denier. There is only one rightthink.

Leftist Don’t Actually Want a Conversation

Trump haters may demand from you, the hapless Trumpanzee, an explanation for how you can be so stupid. They call it a “conversation,” but it’s a cross-examination.

The lefty will start with some variant of: “How could you vote for a sexist, racist, homophobic, convicted rapist who is guilty of 473 felonies?”

You could respond, “Why did you vote for a vacuous, incoherent, babbling drunken whore?” But this will not work. Only Trump’s, and your, shortcomings are on the docket. So don’t answer.

After becoming frustrated at your insolence, some will demand to know why you won’t “defend” your decision. Here’s the answer: “Because I am not a defendant, counselor.”

Lefties seem to feel entitled to an explanation for your decision-making, while assuming they require none for theirs, because they are so obviously right. Another tack they take is, “If we can’t talk about this, how do we solve the problem?” What problem? My guy’s in, doing exactly what I elected him to do.

Here’s the root cause (lefties love looking for root causes) of the problem communicating across party lines: There is not a single fact, much less a body of them, that you and a lefty can agree upon to start a conversation about The Orange Man. None. That’s why it can’t happen.

If they are friends or family members, these inquisitors are trying to understand how they can like you in other respects, and yet you can be that stupid. They are baffled that you can appear to be an interesting, funny, cogent, and thinking person — as they see themselves — and still support Trump.

If you agree with any premise held out by an agitated leftist, you have lost the argument from the get-go. The only choice is not to engage. This will render them apoplectic, but there’s nothing you can do to prevent it. Your only hope is that the lefty will eventually be exposed to credible contradictory information and realize he’s (she’s? they’s) been lied to about just about everything related to Orange Man.

The Conversation Can Begin When They Stop Watching CNN

Mainstream media and left-wing pundits all read from the same script, creating the illusion of “consensus” about this assertion or that hoax. This information laundering works by repeating information — maybe true, maybe false — so often by so many sources that it is eventually regarded as fact.

For some reason, left-leaning people seem to regard a manufactured consensus as fact, as seen with the pandemic, the Hunter Biden laptop hoax, the Russian spy hoax, and the 97 percent of scientists agreeing to call themselves scientists. A staggering degree of trust in corporate information sources seems to render the sufferer incapable of skepticism. They believe whatever they are told on their screens.

Many conservatives are steeped in skepticism about information, including from right-leaning sources, and want to see the proof. In my experience with family, friends, and other opponents, it comes down to the issue of credulity. Left-leaning people seem to have a bias toward believing institutional sources of information, sometimes unquestionably, whereas conservatives I know have a natural skepticism about news — even toward “approved” outlets. In short, lefties believe what they are told, even if the information is false.

Common Media Deception Techniques

The mainstream media launders incorrect information and outright propaganda. Using “unimpeachable” yet anonymous sources, The New York Times will make a baseless claim about Trump or Republicans, which permits the other left media to endlessly repeat those claims as fact.

This is how we heard the insane claim that Trump suggested people “drink bleach” when he was referring to experiments using UV light as a disinfectant for COVID-19. The media employed this technique to advance the Russia hoax, the Hunter laptop cover-up, the migrant kids in cages hoax, and many others.

Another technique is the selective video edit. The “fine people” hoax is a prime example. Although it has been repeatedly debunked by showing the phrase in full context, it persists in the minds of many people who get their news from corporate outlets. Sen. Chuck Schumer repeated this lie as recently as mid-March 2025.

Repeated out-of-context video editing creates the impression that conservatives are a bunch of uneducated hayseeds. The confirmation bias of the audience reinforces these impressions without creating any interest in finding out if they are true. So the stereotypes persist, and leftists don’t know anything accurate about conservatives.

Alternative media, however, gives the right a steady diet of accurate information about leftists. They will often play the entire rants of Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Don Lemon, and other pundits. It’s not necessary to deceptively edit left-wing tirades. They perform better in context. That’s why we understand leftists accurately and they think we are deplorable, ignorant Bible-thumping gun nuts.

If you want to know what’s really going on around you, turn off the audio, and use your eyes. Don’t automatically accept claims made even by “trusted sources.” And don’t argue with leftists.