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In reply to the discussion: John Meacham finally goes there on Morning Joe. [View all]Desert_Leslie
(131 posts)I find it fascinating that the House impeachment managers are featuring the phrase "The Big Lie" so prominently, as it is so commonly linked to Hitler and Goebbels (Hitler's propaganda minister). Well, if the shoe fits ....
Wikipedia has a very informative page on the use of "The Big Lie" both by Nazis AND Donald Trump.
From Wikipedia:
The phrase was also used in a report prepared during the war by the United States Office of Strategic Services [later renamed the CIA] in describing Hitler's psychological profile:
"His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it."