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TwilightZone

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1. Because it's effective.

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 10:16 AM

Sep 2019

Distraction, deflection, and projection have always been effective tools in political debate and propaganda. They're even more effective now in our social-media-driven, short-term-memory society. They do it because people fall for it every time.

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NYT/Kavanaugh: How many times do we have to see the same M.O. to recognize it and call it out? [View all] Botany Sep 2019 OP

Because it's effective. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #1

Sad but true...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #2

But in every case the underlying story turned out to be true. Botany Sep 2019 #4

They think it's their job (except for a few like Rachel and Lawrence). triron Sep 2019 #5

If we really had a liberal media w bush & Trump would never have had even a sniff of the Presidency Botany Sep 2019 #6

+1 2naSalit Sep 2019 #8

Sure, but so were the distractions, to an extent. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #15

He's a weenie whipper. Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #3

Agreed! RainCaster Sep 2019 #7

Kavanaugh is the epitome of spoiled rich white boy privilege. Lonestarblue Sep 2019 #10

Yeah, I knew a guy in the military who used to say that whenever he got drunk his pants fell down. patphil Sep 2019 #12

Yeah they are a type....maybe a mental disorder Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #14

Not only that... 2naSalit Sep 2019 #9

I think Kavanaugh's appointment also had to do with Justice Kennedy's son @ Deutsche's bank .... Botany Sep 2019 #11

I have read a little about 2naSalit Sep 2019 #16

White privilege strikes again ConnorMarc Sep 2019 #13