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In reply to the discussion: Something is up with moRon #DeathSantis [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)30. Counterprop works when it is True, Fast, Targetted, Concise
Look it up.
Truth does matter to them in the long run. Not the short or medium run. But truth peels off sheep from the cult all the time. They believe the lies as if they were truth, because they've been emoted into them, not reasoned into them. There are some who will try to apply reason in the form of memorized talking points and rebuttals, but we see the big picture. Most of them claim to see the big picture, but it boils down to huge untenable conspiracies. "Fauci collaborated with the Chinese to make a few million bucks." But thousands of doctors would have to be in on it. "Nothing's impossible for such evil people." Query them and they will pile one outlandish lie on top of another. You can quickly point out to them the pile of crap. But they will pivot and gish gallop. Give them as much as patience allows, then depart.
And every opportunity, tell them they've been lied to. It gives them a way to save face and exit the cult.
"Hey loser with the mask, whatcha fraid of?"
"You've been lied to."
"Whoa, what?"
"You've been lied into contradicting your own common sense."
The cult is not gaining anybody. Who they've got now is all they've got. Everybody knows magats. Few know any magats who got converted after about 2018.
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Meanwhile Fish and Wildlife are having to feed the manatees lettuce since out water
Maraya1969
Jan 2022
#2
Very simply, he is placing all blame for Florida's Covid and environmental woes on Biden
wishstar
Jan 2022
#4
Most repugs are spewing outrageous lies because that is all they have AND most importantly,
Ferrets are Cool
Jan 2022
#6
K and R ...De Santis is sucking up to Trump..that's what it is...That's all of it.
Stuart G
Jan 2022
#14
Hmmm I wonder if his meltdown might be due to being a little too close to Gaetz ...
MLAA
Jan 2022
#15
He's terrified Floridians will start dying in droves based on his foolish decision.
lark
Jan 2022
#16
De Santis is a Typical Trump Fool.. And he will do what needs to be done to this fool.
Stuart G
Jan 2022
#20
All his money was on the monoclonal antibody treatments developed for alpha and delta,
greymattermom
Jan 2022
#19
"A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes"
Javaman
Jan 2022
#29