“…This matters not just because of what these voters believe but also because of what they don’t. The facts that should anchor a sense of shared reality are meaningless to them; the news developments that might ordinarily inform their vote fall on deaf ears. They will not be swayed by data on coronavirus deaths, they won’t be persuaded by job losses or stock market gains, and they won’t care if Trump called America’s fallen soldiers ‘losers’ or ‘suckers,’ as the Atlantic reported, because they won’t believe it. They are impervious to messaging, advertising or data. They aren’t just infected with conspiracy; they appear to be inoculated against reality.”
It’s worth the time to read this article.
It’s almost like morons minds have been ruined by the daily abuse of Newt, Rush and Fox.
Huh, who would have thought? Come for the racism, stay for the brain damage.
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It ain’t new.
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This sounds a lot like the Gish gallop. Before you’ve been able to respond to our lies we’ve come up with seven more, all before breakfast.
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I think it was Obama who said “You can choose your own opinion, but you can’t choose your own facts”. However that is exactly what has been happening; people have felt free to choose their own facts and feel supported in doing so for years now, they’ve been given “alternative facts” daily. Its disturbing, that is some toothpaste that I fear may be impossible to get back in the tube.
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They have conditioned two generations of Americans to disbelieve the evidence of their own eyes and ears…
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There was that post, I think it was Infidel, where the lady in Trump country was saying all they care about is “Fuck liberals”. That seems more to the point.
They literally don’t care about reality. They care about “fuck liberals”.
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The woman who was quoted (in a story about how the Trump administration was fucking up the response to the hurricane Michael)
“He’s not hurting the people he’s supposed to be hurting”
Resentment and a desire for revenge is all they’ve got..
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They can dream all they want but I wouldn’t touch any of that with someone else’s’ ten foot pole.
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Trumptards!
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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201812/complete-psychological-analysis-trumps-support
This is an interesting study in the different types of supporters of Trump.
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“In all fairness, we should recognize that lying is sadly not uncommon for politicians on both sides of the political aisle, ”
O FFS! What a rag.
Both siderism right in the pages of Psychology Today! It’s akin to the media swerving sharp right when accused of being left wing, thus eliminating actual factual style of reporting.
Also, the first “type” (Practicality over morality) mentions the wealthy, who would have to be perfectly happy to live in a third world country as long as they are on the top for this to be actually practical, and blue collar workers buying lies that LDN’s bringing jobs back from China, and people afraid of open borders which is only a thing because of other LDN lies.
I rate this paper a C+; the author put in some research but should have reported the findings with more accurate wording rather than sneaking biases in.
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Obama said “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor”
Trump said “Joe Biden is going to kill you in your sleep!”
Clearly the same!
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