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RealityBasedNewYorkr

(149 posts) Sat Jul 27, 2024, 06:58 PM Jul 2024

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How do you weaponize gullibility? [View all]

You start an entirely unfounded rumor that JD Vance has had sexual relations with a sofa, stand back to watch the rumor take on a life of its own, and enjoy the huge ripples that such an absurd lie can have when we live in a “post truth alternative facts” universe created by Trump cultists

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How do you weaponize gullibility? [View all] RealityBasedNewYorkr Jul 2024 OP

I was telling my friend that the couch story has reached the status of urban legend. So it doesn't matter if it's true. Walleye Jul 2024 #1

When it is part of your brand to lie and to behave badly, you have to spooky3 Jul 2024 #2

You preface it with..."some people are saying" or "according to sources". We can act like Fox too! Enter stage left Jul 2024 #3

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