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Belle of the Ranch

Let's talk about the questions from Twitter....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, internet people, Lidsboo again.

0:04.0

So earlier today I did a live stream and prior to doing it I asked for questions on Twitter.

0:11.0

During the live stream I got to exactly zero of them before time ran out so I'm going to

0:16.8

answer some of them now.

0:18.2

Have a laptop in front of me.

0:19.4

I haven't looked at the questions yet so you're still getting kind of a off-the-cuff answer. Okay, so, let's see, why do you think the media chooses soft language, i.e. Russian meddling over

0:35.0

interference, Trump's corruption for trips to his golf course become conflicts of

0:40.8

interest. I think they're trying to elicit an emotional reaction. The term

0:45.8

meddling is vague and it can allow you to assume the worst. The problem is what we're dealing with in a lot of cases is the worst.

0:57.0

I think it would be more effective to say Russian intelligence operation, rather than Russian meddling.

1:03.6

It's a choice of language in which I think the media

1:07.7

are trying to elicit an emotional reaction

1:10.9

when a rational one would probably better serve the country.

1:17.0

Why do so many Americans still support Donald Trump?

1:22.0

I don't have a clue. I don't have a clue. I think a lot of people

1:27.0

are reluctant to admit they were wrong initially, and I think some people listen to the talking points

1:37.1

and those talking points resonate with them rather than look at what he actually accomplishes

1:42.3

or fails to accomplish.

1:44.0

How do friends, neighbors react to your opinions

1:51.5

since they're often public and how do you approach a civil fact-based

1:54.8

conversation with those who don't agree with you?

1:59.6

I've always been very open about my political opinions. By this stage in my life, most people I

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