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keithbvadu2

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22. Stupid? LastLiberal in PalmSprings has a good explanation.

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 08:55 PM

Dec 2021

misinformation: the speaker doesn't know it's wrong (ignorant), but says it anyway (careless)

disinformation: the speaker knows it's wrong, but says it intentionally to make the recipient act on it to their detriment and the disseminator's benefit (propaganda, malicious)

The MSM usually uses the first term when in actuality the second is true.

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Bleach too! viva la Dec 2021 #1

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That man is just stupid beyond belief Trailrider1951 Dec 2021 #3

He's not stupid. He knows how to manipulate the stoopid but he's not stupid. LakeArenal Dec 2021 #12

Stupid? LastLiberal in PalmSprings has a good explanation. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #22

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If the farts are ripe enough, it will aid the distance thing. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #24

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The base. LakeArenal Dec 2021 #13

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Gerrymandering. LakeArenal Dec 2021 #14

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Well WI is a 47%-47% state. The local stays Republican and uses voter suppression measures LakeArenal Dec 2021 #20

We didn't. The Koch money machine did. Archae Dec 2021 #15

That's exactly right. And the rural evangelical voters. LakeArenal Dec 2021 #21

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