06-05-2020, 02:55 AM
(06-04-2020, 10:33 PM)hollodero Wrote: I think it has much to do with fear and polarization. I'm sure you listened to the NRA spokespeople, like Dana Loesch et al. Listening to them is outright scary. Believing what they have to say means believing in a civil war-like surrounding.
Forgidve me for not addressing the rest. I find little valuable to add.
That's what I meant by "marketing." I listen to Hannity, Tucker and Laura at least once a week each. Images of Goebbels and Pravda frequently come to mind when they speak.
It is unremarkable if a foreign, totalitarian adversary like North Korea has an inverted view of otherwise internationally recognized facts about US politics, but it is mind boggling to see such an inverted view peddled so openly and with such success from within the U.S.
By "inverted view" I mean, for example, turning a perfectly legitimate monitoring of the Trump campaigns Russian interactions into an illegal coup attempt. Successfully casting the far more truthful and reputable NYT and WaPo as "fake news" compared to Fox. Inducing millions to believe that current pandemic is a hoax which will magically dissipate once a Dem is elected. Flipping a legitimate investigation into Trump's abuse of power regarding the Ukraine into a campaign against Biden family corruption, etc. etc.
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