It would be really, really good if dems could allow themselves to live outside of the box and maybe have a spokesperson, someone who speaks to all or most of the issues, from a dem perspective, to deliver a unified message. Kind of like a press secretary without a president. Someone who is truthful but hammers home the messaging. Because until we do that, they will continue to lie, lie, exaggerate and lie with impunity with little clear rebuke. I guess that would be the minority speaker of the house? Maybe he should hire someone.
I feel like they need, in the words of AOC, a brawler that addresses in simple speak. Love Pete Buttigieg, however he may be a little too introspective & intellectual for what I am envisioning.
Without data, and without certainty, people fall for propaganda because unlike the Swedes https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20004508.2018.1475200 we aren't taught critical thinking in K-12. Also, because it can cost you ostracism and your job to show your disagreement with the 24/7/365 right wing radio on job sites, in your communities. What can be done? I think we need to contact expert social media propagandists and learn from them.
I'm not an expert in the law-- But, aside from the powerful media/political right-wing forces that constantly pump galvanic fluid into the great Zombie mob of low-information, right-wing voters, there's really only one true source of the actions of this deranged Minnesota assassin--and that's Donald Trump. We knew it was symbolic of a great devolution in civil/civic responsibility when, in his first day in office, Trump pardoned the white-nationalist thugs who tried to overthrow our government. What some people predicted, and now we see it coming to pass, is the inevitable explosion of political violence in this mortally afflicted country.
Vance Boelter is the child born of the morally corrupt gang-pardon of this past January 20th.
That presidential "act" gave explicit permission to every crazy, violent white-nationalist redneck who was waiting for a signal to threaten, assault and even murder elected (Democratic) office holders and their families. In my opinion, these men and women are dead, their children are grieving, and the country has suffered another body blow to its integrity because Trump let the Jan. 6th insurrectionists go free. He didn't pull the trigger, he didn't supply the weapons, he didn't explicitly tell them to do it, but, as sure as the sun sets in the West, he personally sowed the seeds of this evil crop.
Sooner rather than later, Trump will arrive at the same demented conclusion that Mike Lee and Elon Musk and the despicable New York Post have already arrived at: That a long-time, dedicated Trump follower who was a premeditated murderer is actually a "leftist" or a "Democrat".
We live in a world/in a country, where the concepts of truth and justice have no longer have any substance or moral weight--they're just words whose value has been leeched completely dry by the terrible combination of Big Liars and the Hopelessly Ignorant. God help America...
While I realize two wrongs don't make a right, now I completely and unequivocally understand why the French utilized the guillotine in their revolution!
Rupert Murdock would be knitted into Madame Defarge's shawl...
Trump and every single one of his sickophants, supporters, and enablers are spinning so far into darkness that they have no Souls. To have a Soul, one must nurture compassion, empathy, honor, morals, a deep abiding love for everyone and everything, especially for those who are in need. Those people have none of these qualities, ergo, they have no Souls.
What would happen if NO ONE repeated trumps lies??? He would not have an audience and he would hate it. The media knows this. We know this. Would we feel any safer or in more danger? Is unreliable information better than no information?? A democracy exchanges reliable information to determine course of action based on majority consensus. Or it’s supposed to.
Great article! This is one way to stop the propaganda & Maga lies. Speaking facts, truth! We need more of this. I wish we had a shadow press secretary to speak truth after every lie Caroline L. spews daily.
Perhaps it’s time to begin a “Trump sneering gallery”. Accompanied by a “Trump lying gallery”. This guy just looks an awful as he really is. He is one sick fuck.
My opinion is ...The NY Post is best used for lining your bird cage, or placed on the floor for your dog's potty breaks. In other words, it's full of SH-T!
I'm fully aligned with these thoughts. Now, Meidas Touch Network is the largest social media real news network. I'm a USMC veteran and I am ashamed of Trump 🇺🇦🫡🇺🇲🙈
What a cancerous mass of horrible, lying people who see benefit in spreading hate than showing empathy for their fellow human beings. There are no words vile enough to describe this filth.
It would be really, really good if dems could allow themselves to live outside of the box and maybe have a spokesperson, someone who speaks to all or most of the issues, from a dem perspective, to deliver a unified message. Kind of like a press secretary without a president. Someone who is truthful but hammers home the messaging. Because until we do that, they will continue to lie, lie, exaggerate and lie with impunity with little clear rebuke. I guess that would be the minority speaker of the house? Maybe he should hire someone.
Good idea. Pete Buttigieg has been amazing. But the trick is
if you can get the MSM to air said person.
I feel like they need, in the words of AOC, a brawler that addresses in simple speak. Love Pete Buttigieg, however he may be a little too introspective & intellectual for what I am envisioning.
The necessary question is why do people fall for propaganda, and what can be done to castrate the propagandists' agency.
We're all ears.
Without data, and without certainty, people fall for propaganda because unlike the Swedes https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20004508.2018.1475200 we aren't taught critical thinking in K-12. Also, because it can cost you ostracism and your job to show your disagreement with the 24/7/365 right wing radio on job sites, in your communities. What can be done? I think we need to contact expert social media propagandists and learn from them.
This is even after that horribly cruel and tasteless photo that MTG posted with the rifle.
Sure we believe you. Must have been those dems.
Rags full of bullshit guiding stupid people with megaphones are leading our country into hell.
I'm not an expert in the law-- But, aside from the powerful media/political right-wing forces that constantly pump galvanic fluid into the great Zombie mob of low-information, right-wing voters, there's really only one true source of the actions of this deranged Minnesota assassin--and that's Donald Trump. We knew it was symbolic of a great devolution in civil/civic responsibility when, in his first day in office, Trump pardoned the white-nationalist thugs who tried to overthrow our government. What some people predicted, and now we see it coming to pass, is the inevitable explosion of political violence in this mortally afflicted country.
Vance Boelter is the child born of the morally corrupt gang-pardon of this past January 20th.
That presidential "act" gave explicit permission to every crazy, violent white-nationalist redneck who was waiting for a signal to threaten, assault and even murder elected (Democratic) office holders and their families. In my opinion, these men and women are dead, their children are grieving, and the country has suffered another body blow to its integrity because Trump let the Jan. 6th insurrectionists go free. He didn't pull the trigger, he didn't supply the weapons, he didn't explicitly tell them to do it, but, as sure as the sun sets in the West, he personally sowed the seeds of this evil crop.
Sooner rather than later, Trump will arrive at the same demented conclusion that Mike Lee and Elon Musk and the despicable New York Post have already arrived at: That a long-time, dedicated Trump follower who was a premeditated murderer is actually a "leftist" or a "Democrat".
We live in a world/in a country, where the concepts of truth and justice have no longer have any substance or moral weight--they're just words whose value has been leeched completely dry by the terrible combination of Big Liars and the Hopelessly Ignorant. God help America...
Thanks for this great takedown of the "murdoch rag," Trump and MAGA.
While I realize two wrongs don't make a right, now I completely and unequivocally understand why the French utilized the guillotine in their revolution!
Rupert Murdock would be knitted into Madame Defarge's shawl...
Trump and every single one of his sickophants, supporters, and enablers are spinning so far into darkness that they have no Souls. To have a Soul, one must nurture compassion, empathy, honor, morals, a deep abiding love for everyone and everything, especially for those who are in need. Those people have none of these qualities, ergo, they have no Souls.
What would happen if NO ONE repeated trumps lies??? He would not have an audience and he would hate it. The media knows this. We know this. Would we feel any safer or in more danger? Is unreliable information better than no information?? A democracy exchanges reliable information to determine course of action based on majority consensus. Or it’s supposed to.
Great article! This is one way to stop the propaganda & Maga lies. Speaking facts, truth! We need more of this. I wish we had a shadow press secretary to speak truth after every lie Caroline L. spews daily.
Perhaps it’s time to begin a “Trump sneering gallery”. Accompanied by a “Trump lying gallery”. This guy just looks an awful as he really is. He is one sick fuck.
My opinion is ...The NY Post is best used for lining your bird cage, or placed on the floor for your dog's potty breaks. In other words, it's full of SH-T!
I'm fully aligned with these thoughts. Now, Meidas Touch Network is the largest social media real news network. I'm a USMC veteran and I am ashamed of Trump 🇺🇦🫡🇺🇲🙈
What a cancerous mass of horrible, lying people who see benefit in spreading hate than showing empathy for their fellow human beings. There are no words vile enough to describe this filth.