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Vogon_Glory

(9,109 posts)
12. No. Definitely No!
Wed Feb 17, 2021, 12:29 PM
Feb 2021

No we should NOT start our own lying and disinformation campaign. Not only do I believe that somebody should stand for truth and decency, but I hope to G*d that our firebrands have realize that not only the Republicans, but the arrrogant, lazy-@$$ $h1t-clowns holding down positions in the editorial and administrative positions in the lamestream corporate new media have institutionalized double standards when it comes to talking about Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are allowed to lie and lie shamelessly, embroider their lies, then amplify them, and the lame-o hacks who call themselves journalists on broadcast media will either accept those lies as truth or blow them off as “boys being boys.”

On the other hand, if a Democrat lies or even makes an accidental mis-statement and gets caught, those same corporate media hacks will treat them as the biggest liars since Joseph Goebbels, no matter how small or trivial the offense, and those guys’ journos will hang that offense around our necks for years.

I wish I’m exaggerating, but I’m not.

No. Once you've lost credibility it's nearly impossible to get it back. Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #1
Agree! absolutely not. The qgop would use it against us Thekaspervote Feb 2021 #3
Pop up some more popcorn-they are already eating each other randr Feb 2021 #2
👆🏽THIS!! Alacritous Crier Feb 2021 #13
HELL no! Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #4
Ssssshhhhhh... don't give it away... lagomorph777 Feb 2021 #5
Fake Turtle Trump Discord? CommonHumanity Feb 2021 #6
No they shouldn't use disinformation but blueinredohio Feb 2021 #7
A coordinated truth campaign and precise messaging would be more effective uponit7771 Feb 2021 #8
It's a shame lies work much better, however... Silent3 Feb 2021 #10
Yes but a quick response through similar channels is what we don't have set up. Pretty much the made uponit7771 Feb 2021 #15
What some of us have been seeking might already be happening by osmosis Mike 03 Feb 2021 #9
Not when the truth is so much more damning lame54 Feb 2021 #11
No. Definitely No! Vogon_Glory Feb 2021 #12
yes to uponit771 CommonHumanity Feb 2021 #14
The right has already convinced half the country that the left DOES use disinformation. maxsolomon Feb 2021 #16
NO edhopper Feb 2021 #17
No. We need to break their trust in sources that manipulate the truth and make up stuff. sciencescience Feb 2021 #18
I hate liars, bullshitters and cons. GemDigger Feb 2021 #19
Let me reiterate the room by saying, "No Fucking way" LuvLoogie Feb 2021 #20
Innocence vs. Corruption nuxvomica Feb 2021 #21
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