• Boozilla@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I wonder if others on the jury helped them see the light. Or maybe the nodding and smiling was sarcasm, or even intentionally trolling Trump. Fun to think about.

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      7 months ago

      The thing is, you can sometimes get through to these Trump supporters if you can deprogram them from their echo-chamber… That requires very long conversations, an expose of facts, dismantling of their fallacies, and keeping them away from right-wing propaganda and peer pressure for an extended period of time.

      … Which just so happens to be what jurors go through.

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      7 months ago

      That’s exactly the kind of thing a New Yorker would do. “Oh, yeah, sure, I’m on your side, buddy, we got so much in common.”

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        7 months ago

        I seem to recall seeing an infographic (uncertain of its provenance) indicating that one juror listed the NY Post as a frequent news source. That guy’s presence on the jury certainly had me concerned.

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          7 months ago

          The infographic I saw said one juror got their news from only Truth Social and Twitter.

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      7 months ago

      There was one juror who got their news from Truth Social and Twitter so I am guessing they were not trolling.

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        7 months ago

        I would tell you I got my news from God if it meant I could put a nail in Trump’s coffin ;)