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In reply to the discussion: We're really headed to an extremely dark place, where this is the mainstream GOP view of the Libs. [View all]Scrivener7
(59,927 posts)They have given us the road map of what we need to do and how to do it. We don't have to follow them in their violence, but we can learn from them in the ways they use social media, the ways they manipulate the news cycle, the way they organize their messages, the way they go about public relations.
It is just a public relations game. And they have shown us how to play it. We only have to acknowledge that we need to play it. That is all that is missing.
Someone will say, "But they have hate radio." Hate radio is listened to by a tiny percentage of them. The rest is social media infiltration, shaping the message. It requires overt and covert efforts and yes, some trolling. But most of all, it requires that we open our eyes to the necessity to do it.