Had an interesting group conversation at work yesterday morning, following the four day 4th of July weekend. What everyone was talking about, was what most of the discussions were at the various holiday celebrations throughout the weekend, particularly as it pertained to issues in our country.
The central theme to that was in those weekend discussions, we all agreed we didn’t hear people talking about the border, or gender identity, or gun laws….we heard people talking about the parks, about the good things going on in their schools, about the kids going into their colleges and trades. I can honestly say I didn’t hear the words immigration or abortion the entire weekend, and many of my co workers had the same experience. (Keeping in mind as well that we work in government).
So it just reinforced to me that the vast majority of Americans, and their daily concerns, do not at all revolve around what the people on TV and podcasts tell us we should really be up in arms about. They may spit about it online in their various venting forums, but when it comes down to daily life, the clickbait concerns are not all ‘our’ concerns, but more the concerns of those wanting to push the buttons. A small percentage follows the little herd, but they are extremely loud so they just seem like a bigger crowd than they really are.