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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Mon Dec 20, 2021, 02:14 PM Dec 2021

I recently watched a video featuring a staged auto collision. Unsuspecting witnesses

saw one car slide sideways into a parked vehicle. The actual speed of the sliding car, per radar gun, was 20 mph.

When asked how fast the car was going when it "slammed" into the parked car, the witnesses said "40 to 50 mph" "for sure".

When other witnesses were asked about speed when the car "bumped" the parked vehicle, they answered "15-20 mph."

Word choice matters. Beware of interviewers who try to skew the responses by using emotional trigger terms. Many of them originate with Trumpies and are picked up by lazy and thoughtless "journalists".

It is one thing to say Democrats are "angered" by Senator Mancin's "Sunday surprise". It is quite another to say Democrats are "panicked".


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I recently watched a video featuring a staged auto collision. Unsuspecting witnesses (Original Post) Atticus Dec 2021 OP
A big, fat K&R!♥ CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2021 #1
Cross reference George Lakoff and "framing". . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #2
Exactly. nt Atticus Dec 2021 #4
I wish Democrats would utilize him Poiuyt Dec 2021 #10
The way the GQP uses Frank Luntz. paleotn Dec 2021 #12
When in reality....... KS Toronado Dec 2021 #3
Oh, I think I could go all the way to "furious." soldierant Dec 2021 #9
When pollsters present "liberal" ideas or policies to people, CrispyQ Dec 2021 #5
KnR. n/t iluvtennis Dec 2021 #6
This is also BTW an example of Disaffected Dec 2021 #7
exactly oldsoftie Dec 2021 #8
If I only had a voodoo doll of Joe Manchin. How's that for panicked? paleotn Dec 2021 #11
I'd just call that "creatively pissed". Go for it---ya never know! nt Atticus Dec 2021 #14
Manchin turns out to be just another red state region failure. Progressive Jones Dec 2021 #13

CrispyQ

(36,234 posts)
5. When pollsters present "liberal" ideas or policies to people,
Mon Dec 20, 2021, 03:43 PM
Dec 2021

without using the terms liberal, leftist, or democratic, a much higher number poll in favor of them.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
13. Manchin turns out to be just another red state region failure.
Mon Dec 20, 2021, 05:15 PM
Dec 2021

The red state region fails this nation on a regular basis.

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