100%. I have had three conversations with people this week from a landscaper to a realtor to a wealthy educated woman and they each recited some vile and hateful lie about Harris/Biden. It was shocking. I have no idea how to begin to counter that.
100%. I have had three conversations with people this week from a landscaper to a realtor to a wealthy educated woman and they each recited some vile and hateful lie about Harris/Biden. It was shocking. I have no idea how to begin to counter that.
Well, we have to start by calling it out when individuals repeat it - a lie, a slander, whatever. I would probably say what I said above if someone said something ridiculous like that. It's even more egregious when trump is nominating sexual predators to run his cabinet. "every accusation is a confession" would also frame the lie pretty well.
Sure, but MAGAs are quite entrenched in their disinformation. We are going to have to have a much bigger plan to communicate the truth on a huge scale, which may allow for reality to penetrate when we have individual discussions.
Agreed, and that is a much harder task, considering how the disinformation sources have proliferated. It's really about oligarch's owning the channels and selecting for disinformation, and only government intervention will change it at this point, imo. My hope is that the reality of economic impacts of rump's fuckery - increased prices because of tariffs and mass deportations - will be too hard to ignore. We'll have to see how the propaganda channel reacts, and whether people continue to believe the lies.
100%. I have had three conversations with people this week from a landscaper to a realtor to a wealthy educated woman and they each recited some vile and hateful lie about Harris/Biden. It was shocking. I have no idea how to begin to counter that.
How about, "that is the dumbest shit I've ever heard"?
That's funny, but does not address the serious issue we have with disinformation in this country.
Well, we have to start by calling it out when individuals repeat it - a lie, a slander, whatever. I would probably say what I said above if someone said something ridiculous like that. It's even more egregious when trump is nominating sexual predators to run his cabinet. "every accusation is a confession" would also frame the lie pretty well.
Sure, but MAGAs are quite entrenched in their disinformation. We are going to have to have a much bigger plan to communicate the truth on a huge scale, which may allow for reality to penetrate when we have individual discussions.
Agreed, and that is a much harder task, considering how the disinformation sources have proliferated. It's really about oligarch's owning the channels and selecting for disinformation, and only government intervention will change it at this point, imo. My hope is that the reality of economic impacts of rump's fuckery - increased prices because of tariffs and mass deportations - will be too hard to ignore. We'll have to see how the propaganda channel reacts, and whether people continue to believe the lies.
You made me laugh. Thank you!
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Thanks Pamsy. All kidding aside, this is a serious and difficult situation we must find a solution to.