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Lee-Lee

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21. I see the same patterns in her die hard fans I do in Alex Jones fans

Tue Jul 18, 2017, 09:57 AM

Jul 2017

She throws a whole lot of wild shit out. She has been right on about 2%. She has been demonstrably wrong on a much higher percentage. Most is up in the air not provable false or true yet.

Her rabid followers will jump to show where she got something right months ago when anything she says is challenged and use that as proof she is legit, while making excuses for or ignoring all she has gotten wrong. Anything you can't totally disprove, and even some you can, they still cling to a belief it is legit.

If you ever sit down with an Alex Jone fan and start asking them questions about why they believe him they will do the exact same thing- leap to the few times he was right on something while ignoring or making excuses for all the lies and crazy, and insisting they have faith in all the stuff that you can't totally disprove.

Confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance can combine and get people to suspend rational thinking way too often.

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Louise Mensch is a nut job. [View all] demmiblue Jul 2017 OP

Someone did and it was removed. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2017 #1

Oh my! demmiblue Jul 2017 #2

yes, it vanished as I was reading it. nt m-lekktor Jul 2017 #14

Found one: demmiblue Jul 2017 #3

Comey's actions were influenced by that meeting More_Cowbell Jul 2017 #4

Has she been right about anything? Honest question. GreenEyedLefty Jul 2017 #5

She was insisting Comey was a good guy and running a serious investigation pnwmom Jul 2017 #10

Louise Mensch reported on the Alpha Bank FISA warrant before the election. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #12

So that FISA server warrant has been confirmed? jmg257 Jul 2017 #39

That depends on what you mean by "confirmed" FBaggins Jul 2017 #40

HA true! This is several times that the server FISA warant was given as an example as something jmg257 Jul 2017 #45

You haven't been looking very hard. pnwmom Jul 2017 #64

That's true - thanks! Of course in March CNN was told there was no warrant, so... jmg257 Jul 2017 #65

Yes. But who told them isn't clear, and the previous sentence mentions a WH official. pnwmom Jul 2017 #71

It's called the "Jeane Dixon Effect" jberryhill Jul 2017 #77

The story was confirmed by the Guardian, the BBC, and McClatchy. n/t pnwmom Jul 2017 #63

And contradicted in March by CNN. nt jmg257 Jul 2017 #66

Failing to confirm isn't the same as contradicting. n/t pnwmom Jul 2017 #68

Ah good point! Sources vs sources I guess. jmg257 Jul 2017 #70

Some of Jeanne Dixon's prophecies haven't come true yet, either jberryhill Jul 2017 #80

Where are those DUers? FBaggins Jul 2017 #41

Imagine if all the time spent maligning the anti-Trumpers were spent investigating #TrumpRussia .... L. Coyote Jul 2017 #48

Did you read the OP? FBaggins Jul 2017 #56

All 29 hit-and-run words. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #61

What an ironic post FBaggins Jul 2017 #62

That's a bullshit rhetorical tactic jberryhill Jul 2017 #78

She did get "Jared Kushner under investigation" Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #67

Yeah it's a funny thing melman Jul 2017 #6

You should appeal... the admins are not exactly fans of L.M. demmiblue Jul 2017 #9

No more and no less than her critics LanternWaste Jul 2017 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Jul 2017 #28

Her critics are awfully hysterical, their hair on fire as they demand DU'ers submit to their will. emulatorloo Jul 2017 #34

Her fans seem to be the ones that still support Maduro and are mostly "anti-West" snooper2 Jul 2017 #43

Your statement is false. Plus you are falling for the fallacy of Guilt by Association. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2017 #76

Not so much a nut job brettdale Jul 2017 #7

True. demmiblue Jul 2017 #8

Louise Mensch has sources Not Ruth Jul 2017 #11

Scammer more than nutter IMO lunasun Jul 2017 #13

but you can go to her website and help her become the next Breitbart, grantcart Jul 2017 #15

I'm gonna regret asking but, WTF is it now? nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2017 #16

Mensch recently tweeted about kompromat against Bill Clinton. Eugene Jul 2017 #32

. Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2017 #37

I've settled on the opinion that anything sources send her she releases without vetting stevenleser Jul 2017 #17

That is exactly how citizen journalism works Not Ruth Jul 2017 #18

I would at least partially disagree. I wouldn't have a problem if she at least stevenleser Jul 2017 #24

I was just watching a documentary, City of Ghosts, about industry award winning citizen journalists Not Ruth Jul 2017 #25

Most awards don't mean much. The salient question is, are you informing or misinforming. stevenleser Jul 2017 #42

I just got a phone call that said Boeing stock is going to triple in price in 3 hours snooper2 Jul 2017 #44

Pretty much. MineralMan Jul 2017 #19

I see the same patterns in her die hard fans I do in Alex Jones fans Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #21

+1 jberryhill Jul 2017 #27

+100 HopeAgain Jul 2017 #29

Definitely melman Jul 2017 #52

She should go back to writing novels, a better fit. n/t seaglass Jul 2017 #22

Agree. kstewart33 Jul 2017 #23

A right wing nut job at that La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2017 #26

I find people like HA Goodman and the "Sane Progressive" to be more damaging with their nuttery. nt. NCTraveler Jul 2017 #30

+ 1000 emulatorloo Jul 2017 #35

I had to unfollow her.... awesomerwb1 Jul 2017 #31

I Like her , I really, really like her. Special Counsel Jul 2017 #33

I don't think it's really misogynistic. That Bill Palmer guy is kind of nutty too. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #47

Bill Palmer mostly reposts what he finds on other web sites womanofthehills Jul 2017 #58

Claude Taylor too... HopeAgain Jul 2017 #81

You know, back in the GWB days MGKrebs Jul 2017 #36

she tells people who hate Tr*mp what they want to hear. geek tragedy Jul 2017 #38

She's a Tory with a less-than-credible history of crazy claims. Yes she's been right several times YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #46

Exclusive: @AGSchneiderman had Trump, three children under DIRECT state surveillance L. Coyote Jul 2017 #49

I Believe This Post & # 50 Are True Me. Jul 2017 #55

Exclusive: GCHQ Has Recordings of Donald Trump Jr and Kushners Russia Meeting L. Coyote Jul 2017 #50

I received a lot of information yesterday ..... L. Coyote Jul 2017 #51

Do you have links to confirmation of the FISA warrant? jmg257 Jul 2017 #60

Posted above in this thread. MelissaB Jul 2017 #72

Louise Mensch needs her very own forum here Special Counsel Jul 2017 #53

Truth, Justice, and the American Way? MGKrebs Jul 2017 #54

Bernie bots, brought to by the same cyber crew Special Counsel Jul 2017 #59

It already exists FBaggins Jul 2017 #57

This Mensch promoter can't hear you anymore jberryhill Jul 2017 #79

So ignore her and pay attention instead to one of the HUNDREDS Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #69

I think many here do try to ignore her, but MGKrebs Jul 2017 #73

I only see her tweets when GallopingGhost Jul 2017 #74

I read her tweets and just keep going, but her latest one is a doozy ... LenaBaby61 Jul 2017 #75

Oh, my! demmiblue Jul 2017 #82