- cross-posted to:
- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politicalmemes@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/politicalmemes/p/392491/do-you-agree
Do you agree?
cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/politicalmemes/p/392491/do-you-agree
Do you agree?
Croatia. Completely fair, the referendum was the hottest topic in all media for weeks if not months and absolutely everyone who had an opinion on the matter could vote. Do you actually think most people out there aren’t still homophobic as hell?
I don’t know much about croatia but i’m sure mass media are rigged there just like in any other european country
What does it even mean that “media is rigged”?
that a bunch of people with ties to the government or political parties owns them all
Eh, I’d never use the word “rigged” for that meaning, nor am I 100% sure what that has to do with the outcome of the referendum - I don’t remember hearing much support for the referendum in mainstream media, if you’re assumimg they promoted it. The promotion went through other channels, primarily conservative activist orgs and the Church.
Regarding the political ties, the situation was more complex - the govt has almost direct control over one major media institution, while the rest of the media landscape is fragmented, private, with two of the three biggest TV channels being owned by foreigners. Still, you might wish to believe in some control the govt might have had over the media - but the govt at the time was nominally left-wing and the referendum went against their goals. They evidently didn’t or couldn’t influence the people through media enough. It was a massive embarrassment and symbolic defeat of them when the referendum passed.
I don’t know what other sort of scenario you can now come up with to explain away the reality of widespread homophobia outside of your urban 1st world / internet bubble. It’s all just utopistic imagination with no substance, and I have to admit it makes me pessimistic.