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In reply to the discussion: Rove-Romney Camp, GOP Likely Genuinely Perplexed That Stephanie Cutter has not Apologized [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)I consider most posters who do this to be victims of the media machine. Much of the poutrage or disdain posted against Obama and the Democrats is veiled by media to appear to be legitimate concerns when it's just the GOP cleverly playing us against each other. They take our very highest values and use them to divide and conquer, while they have none.
As disheartening as reading such things is, and it certainly does depress 'turnout for our candidates during election season,' I hope it's not knowingly done. The conservative OWNED media, and I don't believe that can be emphasized enough, is paid very well to distort what is really important. While they suddenly wax hysterical on some wrong or omission by Obama and Democrats, they never did under Bush.
They don't bring up much more serious issues while they push this stuff. And we are limited by our sources of information, and it's not our fault. So we fall for it. We want to do the right thing at all times, to help all people and promote respect and equality, but we are faced with those who we don't want to acknowledge believe in winning at any cost, including destroying the entire country to get their way.
So we are anxious and look for a cause, and the media manufactures several for us to get into a tizzy about, and don't give us the information we need to make informed choices and connect with like minds. Or at least, that is what I think, except in the case of trolls or those proven to never, ever support anything, not even one thing, that Obama or the Democrats do right.