Zenlitened
Zenlitened's JournalI'm certain their "objections" are not genuine at all.
I'm certain that this all a tactic they deploy: Phony Outrage.
Newt Gingrich built his whole career on this kind of shit back in the 1990s.
Screeching and squawking, boo hoo hoo-ing over every little thing.
Blowing even the most minor comment massively out of proportion.
Squealing "it's reprehensible!!!" and demanding constant apologies.
The goal: Knock your opponent back on his heels, get him reacting to nonsense instead of pressing his own attack.
Sidetrack the conversation, get people all riled-up and arguing over anything but the hard truths we as a people have to face, the important decisions we need to make.
Gingrich injected this toxic technique into our national discourse decades ago. And he's still at it now.
I'm convinced there's no "why" to this latest criticism of Pres. Obama, because there's no sincerity to it at all.
It's just intended to fuck things up. That's what they do.
"...find ways to slow, stop or counter the insidious, right-wing meme machine"
Agreed, this needs to be a top priority.
Should've been for about two decades, now, at least.
I think the first step is for us all, especially those in a position to make themselves heard, to be willing to call a lie a lie.
That goes for the Democrats we elect as leaders, certainly.
No, they can't go spouting off like we do on a message board.
But they need to recognize moments when the studied etiquette of the Senate floor, for example, just doesn't get our message out.
Not when it's up against the kind of deliberate, unrelenting, reality-warping propaganda the rightwing spews daily, exactly as you describe.
Excellent, excellent post.
Please consider turning it into an OP.
They have taken the "Big Lie" technique and mated it to a stunningly cruel and cynical sadism, to produce something monstrous.
Truly monstrous.
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