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[Liberal_Stalwart71]

53. Do you recall this article from the Boston Globe?

Here:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/

Essentially research conducted demonstrates that even when people are confronted with facts that dispute what they believe, they don't soften to the truth, they become even MORE strigent in their original beliefs.

I think this is a common mistake that we liberals/Democrats make. We are convinced that all we need to do is persuade the American people with facts and the truth!! However, I believe that even when we DO tell the truth, there is a large contingent of Americans--enough to determine an election--that will never believe what they see. There are still people who assert that Iraq attacked us on 911 and that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. Even when confronted with Bush's admission that there were no WMD and also admitting that Saddam had no ties with bin Laden, there are people who STILL believe the opposite!!

I respectfully disagree with you. First, I DO believe that we have tried to yell the truth from the rooftops, but are either drowned out by the Corporate Media's allegiance to the Right. Or, because the propaganda is so strong that it is difficult to undo decades of brainwashing that has taken hold of the American psyche. Second, I don't believe that even when confronted with that truth, people's minds will suddenly change. As I'm experiencing on the ground, going door to door in Virginia, even when I show voters the facts about Obamacare or give them a long list of Obama accomplishments, they dispute the truth. Even when I show them VIDEO of Romney lying about welfare and other issues, they're not persuaded.

Propaganda is incredibly effective. We do ourselves a disservice when we wrongly believe that facts will suddenly change the landscape. It requires much more than that.