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In reply to the discussion: Jonathan Capehart:"How President Obama will be impeached" [View all]Moostache
(10,045 posts)I have started noticing more and more recently that an undercurrent is present on DU that I have not seen in my 8+ years of lurking around here. I have always been aware of the mindless lemming syndrome of right wing noise machines - there is an easily discernible pattern to anyone who wants to see it, something like this:
- I heard "X"
- Yeah, I believe "X"
- Yeah, all "Y" love "X" and I hate that and them because of it!
- "X" is the down fall of humanity and "Y's" eat the children of their enemies!!!
- ZOMG! "Y" is the reason for "Z" too!
- (objection made)
- HEATHEN!!! YOU ARE SO "Y" IT'S MAKING ME QUIVER!!!
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Lately, I have seen more and more of it, a lot more even than the ugliness of Hilliary-Barack 2007-2008.
The acceptance of nonsense without facts is deplorable.
The cheerleading of nonsense without facts is Republican.
Don't forget the real enemy here....we need to focus on staying reality based and pointing out the cases where the GOP is clearly off the reservation and in imaginary world (Benghazi, IRS, Birthers, Teahaddists, Women's rights, Immigration, Equal rights for all, etc.).
When the truth is on your side, the hardest thing to do is to keep on point because it can be boring compared to the wild eyed charges spewed out on the right...but the correct move is to put them in the spotlight for what they are and avoid embellishing and fighting the same style. That does not mean be passive, it just means be smart in our attacks and avoid unnecessary hyperbole.
It also means staying together in common cause, even if we disagree over common tactics at times. The right wing is united behind a bunch of raving lunatics...I think we on the left can do a better job of avoiding their model...