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talkpoliticsLet's talk,
I am willing to make a personal pledge (be the change you want to see happen?) to either ignore posting political attack ads, or only to post them as mockeries of Truth, complete with facts disputing the idiotic accusations, only from non patrisan sources.
It is about to get bad, really bad this cycle. There is no telling what they will make up to say against each other. The key is to always identify yourself in polls as 'not committed' and always tell the polster "no opinion".
I think there are enough intelligent people in the US that can overcome the ignorance of those easily led by jingoist and opinion manipulators.
Using an attack ad as the basis for discussion should be dismissed as severly as discussing the Libertarian Prinicple of Animal Fucking.
That poll earlier about the video indicates almost all who answered demonstrated they can see beyond the Pale of obvious falsehoods. I submit to the group the best way to deal with hate and manipulation is by ignoring or mocking the message.
Question for the group: with the new reality of super PACS and the oncoming media assult for the soul of the country, don't we all feel the most effective way to deflect the damage of the propaganda machines is to IGNORE it? Or rather, to MOCK it?
Can we beat the Devil at his own game?
I am willing to make a personal pledge (be the change you want to see happen?) to either ignore posting political attack ads, or only to post them as mockeries of Truth, complete with facts disputing the idiotic accusations, only from non patrisan sources.
It is about to get bad, really bad this cycle. There is no telling what they will make up to say against each other. The key is to always identify yourself in polls as 'not committed' and always tell the polster "no opinion".
I think there are enough intelligent people in the US that can overcome the ignorance of those easily led by jingoist and opinion manipulators.
Using an attack ad as the basis for discussion should be dismissed as severly as discussing the Libertarian Prinicple of Animal Fucking.
That poll earlier about the video indicates almost all who answered demonstrated they can see beyond the Pale of obvious falsehoods. I submit to the group the best way to deal with hate and manipulation is by ignoring or mocking the message.
Question for the group: with the new reality of super PACS and the oncoming media assult for the soul of the country, don't we all feel the most effective way to deflect the damage of the propaganda machines is to IGNORE it? Or rather, to MOCK it?
Can we beat the Devil at his own game?
