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kentuck

(111,076 posts)
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:00 PM Sep 2020

"Many people say"..."I have heard"... "But what about..." are phrases of disinformation.

They are used by Donald Trump all of the time.

Coincidentally, they are also used by Vladimir Putin all the time.

Unfortunately, the press does not follow up with "who are these people saying this"?

When he says, "I have heard that Joe Biden is on drugs", nobody asks him, "where have you heard this"?

And when he diverts attention away from legitimate questions with the old standby, "But what about what Obama and Biden did...", nobody asks, "What exactly did they do?"

The press has failed in this campaign of disinformation by the Trump regime.

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"Many people say"..."I have heard"... "But what about..." are phrases of disinformation. (Original Post) kentuck Sep 2020 OP
i had someone try to sell me shit on fauci and i politley asked her to forward me the info.. samnsara Sep 2020 #1
Conspiracy theories are usually built on air. kentuck Sep 2020 #2
It was in the interview about 3 weeks ago, the interviewer pursued Trump on his bullshit. 3Hotdogs Sep 2020 #3
And Trump supporters will say PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #4
Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2020 #5

samnsara

(17,615 posts)
1. i had someone try to sell me shit on fauci and i politley asked her to forward me the info..
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:04 PM
Sep 2020

...as I was curious about it and it flat out shut her up. She immediately changed the subject.

3Hotdogs

(12,366 posts)
3. It was in the interview about 3 weeks ago, the interviewer pursued Trump on his bullshit.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:14 PM
Sep 2020

Trump hasn't done a one-on-one since.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,841 posts)
4. And Trump supporters will say
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:15 PM
Sep 2020

"He's done a lot for this country" without every specifying anything he's done.

H2O Man

(73,528 posts)
5. Recommended.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 12:24 PM
Sep 2020

Years ago, the local teachers union asked me to serve on the board of education. I defeated the Tea Party board member, which was good.

In a short time, I noticed certain patterns in the new superintendent's behaviors. For example, had the BOE have looked into his application, they would have found it was littered with lies. One glaring lie was that he had two PhD's, one in education (which he had), and one in psychology (which he bought and it wasn't real). Hence, when he last employer found out, they fired him from his position at one of our state universities.

He was a sociopath. He didn't even have a driver's license. When a state trooper caught him driving, he had one thousand lies. Two board members believed him. I should note they were riding the baloney pony with him, as was one teacher. Gracious.

One of the things I told other board members was to note how often he started his answers to pointed question was, "To be perfectly honest ...." It took a bit of time before everyone recognized that a lie was coming. Long story short, we let him go. But now he is working in a school district in the next state.

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