No doubt that there have been some ignorant memes spread via social media. Although fake memes spread on the left as well, I believe that the biggest influence on the left is the proliferation of biased and misleading reporting, not necessarily fake, news. People want affirmation and are really uncomfortable when they are presented with a different point of view. Because of this we have news sources like the Washington Post and Fox that target demographics with what they want to hear. If you don’t believe your news source is trying to convince of an argument rather than objective journalism, you’re part of the problem.