My point is that the second map, at least the way it is being framed in this meme, is equally misleading.
What it is presumably showing is dot in the middle of each county (although clearly not in middle for places like the NE that are being pushed apart, but I think it’s true for like kansas/nebraska) that is scaled relative to the population of that county. It’s not necessarily where the people in that county live.
I get that Republicans use the former map to deceive and spread propaganda. What I’m pointing out is that is exactly what is happening with the way the second map is being framed in this meme. It’s pure absurdity for people to fall hook, line, and sinker for it. . .while shitting on the intelligence of people who fell hook, line, and sinker for another map being presented in a misleading way.
My point is that the second map, at least the way it is being framed in this meme, is equally misleading.
What it is presumably showing is dot in the middle of each county (although clearly not in middle for places like the NE that are being pushed apart, but I think it’s true for like kansas/nebraska) that is scaled relative to the population of that county. It’s not necessarily where the people in that county live.
I get that Republicans use the former map to deceive and spread propaganda. What I’m pointing out is that is exactly what is happening with the way the second map is being framed in this meme. It’s pure absurdity for people to fall hook, line, and sinker for it. . .while shitting on the intelligence of people who fell hook, line, and sinker for another map being presented in a misleading way.
Oh right - well, again fwiw, I doubt people are lead to believe that midwest populations are laid out in perfect order like that.
Hm. That said, most midwest towns are laid out in some kind of grid. But that’s more about transportation than politics.
Both the title of the submission and the wording on the graph indicates otherwise.