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Remember how Republicans used to use “fear-mongering” to manipulate public opinion? Remember how we and many Liberal bloggers used to try to point out how we were being manipulated? Remember how KKKarl Rove and his minions would twist the message - cheery-picking and twisting and misrepresenting facts, figures, and statistics to “catapult the propaganda” to make it seem that that reality matched their own twisted view, so that “reality” had no meaning? How they twisted the truth to match their lies?
Frankly, I was envious at how well the RW had controlled the “message”, and I advocated that the Left learn from the RW message control techniques.
Be careful what you wish for.
Imagine my chagrin when I saw some bloggers and websites who (rightfully) criticized other sources for cherry-picking, out-of-context, fact-twisting, and other dishonest methods DOING THE SAME THING!
What used to be "911!" is now "They're going to KILL Social Security!"
No.
It's fear-mongering. It's the same as yelling "9/11!"
Please, educate yourself.
Fear-mongering was wrong when the RW extremists did it. Fear-mongering is still wrong when LW extremists do it. It doesn't matter what side you consider yourself on, Truth is still Truth and Facts are still Facts. If you want to be a "true" Progressive, you will choose the path that will actually produce Progress. Not some ethereal ideal that only teen-agers can acheive in imagination - REAL Progress that actually helps the people that need help.
Again, let's help real people who need real help.
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