Combating the big lie.
With recent developments of the mob breaching the Capital Building, I have come to the revelation that I, have not done enough to push back against the big lies that have lead up the the situation that we now have. It is only recently that I have become a member on twitter. Major media institutions like CNN or MSNBC point out the lies, but the people who are perpetrating the lies don't watch them. You have to go where the lies are incubating and confront them there. We need to get on Twitter , on Facebook, and the other social media and confront the lies. If someone publicly repeats the lie in your presence: don't ignore it, don't mock him, look him seriously in the eyes and tell him, " that is a lie; you have been lied to". Then explain to him the best that you can, how you know that this is a lie. For instance, we know that Trump did not win the election because he is repeatedly being told by the courts that he has no evidence that the election was stolen. That means that there must not be any.
Now we have the newest big lie: that the people who stormed he Capital building were really ANTIFA. Don't assume that this is so ridiculous that no one would believe it. Push back.
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