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Sparkly

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Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:49 AM 12 hrs ago

How to get MAGATs to Pay Attention?? [View all]

Distraction is an easy tool for Drumpf supporters, Fox viewers, right-wing voters. We know this because:
- Drumpf supporters have deep confirmation bias, and need to believe the lies for their own personal reasons;
- A comparison of a real news source and Fox, any day and any time, makes a Twilight Zone level of contrast ; and
- Right-wing voters poll as making up their minds at the last minute, having not paid attention before. (I call this 'The Honey Boo Boo Effect.')

So how can Democrats ever break through these walls?
- What would get a 'must-believer' to find freedom in some truth?
- What, if anything, could get right-wingers to read, watch, or listen to real news?
- How can Democrats call attention to issues, elections, and why they matter, while Republicans come up with last-minute fear-mongering ("the terrorists could hit us again!" "they're eating the dogs!" etc.)

(Been feeling defeated since 2004. )

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