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In reply to the discussion: Dear Hillary, I wish you did not say this [View all]Ninsianna
(1,356 posts)since so many chose to simply accept the Republican framing as reality, rather than actually figure out what she said.
It's a habit with a lot of people, like that superpredator thing, people just accept that the clip they saw (that Trump tweeted out) said what people kept telling them it did. Very few actually bothered to listen to the whole 40 minute speech, or the handy transcript CSPAN provided to notice that she never mentioned race.
People need to stop believing the soundbytes and the clips and start looking for context and nuance and understanding words.
It's sad that the GOP wins so often by lying outright and counting on the bias of the media and the laziness of its viewers who not only refuse to do their homework, but cling to the lie even after the proof of it is presented to them.