Recommend watching Jen Senko's film, "The Brainwashing of My Dad", as a possible way of understanding the effects of media consumption.
If you can drag yourself away from FOX 'News' for an hour or two, perhaps you should watch Jen Senko's film, - The brainwashing of my dad. You will maybe be able to understand yourself a bit better and change may be possible for you.
Reading your post reminded me of something I heard recently. "Death does not affect the person who has died. He or she is unaware. The people who are affected are the family and friends of the dead person. It's exactly the same with stupid people."