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LilElf70

(432 posts)
76. It's everything discussed here, and more
Mon Nov 18, 2024, 06:50 PM
Monday

I call it the National Enquirer mentality.

The National Enquirer has been around for decades. Why? Because people, for some unknown reason, like to hear gossip, lies, bullshit, and conflict. It gets their attention. Why I'll never know, but it sure as hell has a following.

Now think about Trump. Ever since he got his narcissistic attention, which he absolutely loves, all he's done is spread gossip, idiocy, lies and ignorance on a daily basis. It's all about the attention. Everyone know it. It's constant, and it changes every day. On any given day, he often repeats items that drew attention by the media the previous day. What's the saying? If you repeat the same thing over and over, without proof of your findings, people will start to believe it. I find that true. On top of that, add the fact that it has to be all about him. All the time. And don't forget he owes people/cities millions, and no one does a thing about it. How many times has be broken the law? This, in turn makes him look like some kind of God like creature to his cult followers. It does not matter what he does, as no one cares. As a God, you are entitled to make mistakes, without penalty. As long as he continues to open his mouth and be in control of the conversation, we don't have a chance in hell of beating him. Winning in 2020 for the dems was a blessing. Trump was seen as a bad seed then. How soon we forgot. Sad, isn't it. And now we pay.

No one on the left would even consider taking this position in life. Ever!!! Kamala ran a pretty good campaign, given the time she had. It should have been enough, but it wasn't. The crazies are back. Now we have to deal with this fake presidency that may destroy our constitution and democracy. God help us all.

Unfortunately, the bad guys have won. And now I'm hearing from many dems that they will never vote again. That's exactly what the republicants want. I'm hoping we will get over it in the next 4 years, change their minds, and destroy the republicants the next time around. Voting is the only way to take a stand.

The war on reality lame54 Monday #1
Flooding the news zones with bullshit until even the NYT and WaPo start repeating it. erronis Monday #2
It's bad enough, but the mainstream media we try to rely on pick up what they say and repeats it verbatim Walleye Monday #3
I disagree DaddyShark Monday #4
We in the US are ignoring this fact in our Nationalist Bubble haele Monday #11
THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! InstantGratification Monday #32
People in America didn't see the total at the grocery store and say, jimfields33 Monday #37
Sure - but how did that translate into voting for Trump? yardwork Monday #41
Voters are not always reasonable or logical. jimfields33 Monday #55
Inflation wasn't bad under Trump TheFarseer Monday #87
Inflation took off during Trump's last year. yardwork Monday #94
Inflation in 2020 was low. It was 1.4% In 2021 it was 7.0% EdmondDantes_ Monday #95
inflation poozwah Tuesday #102
Did people forget how many Americans died of Covid-19 because of T's BS? OMGWTF Tuesday #104
Trump lost in 2020. That was toward the end of KPN Monday #49
Trump lost in 2020 because he was a dumpster fire, but COVID was still affecting the US through 2022 haele Monday #63
Your last sentence is key. yardwork Monday #28
Multiple Factors Metaphorical Monday #31
Here's my frustration. yardwork Monday #33
Correct Cosmocat Monday #38
most people aren't paying attention MadameButterfly Monday #60
Voters Avalon Sparks Monday #75
In that case, there was nothing we could have done differently. yardwork Monday #78
Different Avalon Sparks Monday #80
+1 leftstreet Monday #45
Inflation certainly played a role, but in my view a lesser KPN Monday #50
I suspect many people WANT a rude, loud, blathering, large man for President. raging moderate Monday #83
Aside from the Interest Rates or flooding the nation with paper money Dan Monday #59
Yep this article sums up the Democratic Party thumper2547 Monday #66
You have some good points DaddyShark Monday #70
I completely agree with you Jk23 Monday #68
The sane-washing and the both-siderism of most media didn't help either. chowder66 Monday #5
Finally someone pointing to massive disinformation campaign as reason oldmanlynn Monday #6
It wasn't just the right wing propagandists. lees1975 Monday #7
Thank you for this Flatrat Monday #8
I agree with you 100% OnionPatch Tuesday #107
Probably because there's no "one" reason she lost. BannonsLiver Monday #9
It's going to takes months of research to come up with valid reasons Kaleva Monday #17
Of course there are multiple reasons, but right wing media does what it does, and it works well. Trust_Reality Monday #30
Exactly. The media is part of it Bluetus Monday #39
Blue, I basically agree with every point you bringup. slightlv Monday #96
Depressing how so few understand FDR and his genius Bluetus Monday #97
I like your term "The Great Descent" ! slightlv 20 hrs ago #109
FDR was polite, but hard-hitting Bluetus 19 hrs ago #110
Nope. It's still the profound stupidity of a significant percentage flvegan Monday #10
Agree Kaleva Monday #16
Yup....and their racist sexist crap of not voting for a woman...regardless of the pain it will cause PortTack Monday #23
The post-birth abortion bullshit and gender reassignment surgery at schools sealed my agreement with you. Pacifist Patriot Monday #24
They grabbed the excuses because they wanted excuses. yardwork Monday #34
Bingo! PortTack Monday #57
This is true also but the average IQ is 100 - not very high. kerry-is-my-prez Monday #25
Nothing to say except K&R mountain grammy Monday #12
Fox, Joe Rogan, etc put out what people want Kaleva Monday #13
Bingo. I have quoted Terry Pratchett a number of times. love_katz Monday #62
I 100% agree. Kaleva Monday #69
It was a bad idea for Dems to go after Rogan womanofthehills Monday #93
An Interesting perspective! Kaleva Monday #99
ostrich head in sand analysis. WarGamer Monday #14
And I will continue to disagree every time. yardwork Monday #36
I agree with you BUT we have to deal with what we've got... WarGamer Monday #42
Agreed. How do we compete? yardwork Monday #44
What did Obama do? WarGamer Monday #47
I hope you're right. A lot has changed in 10 years, though. yardwork Monday #67
Most of the media Katcat Monday #15
I fully agree.. Escape Monday #18
People live for conspiracy theories. kerry-is-my-prez Monday #26
Most of the voters know exactly who and what Trump is. Irish_Dem Monday #19
I've been saying this since the day after the election. The right wing media's lies, disinformation, and misinformation Martin68 Monday #20
Precisely. It's an epidemic. Mr. Mustard 2023 Monday #21
Bingo Sugarcoated Monday #22
Media is a lesser portion - Nigrum Cattus Monday #27
Agreed, and the MSM, Cable, press etc. are/were complicit as they didn't clearly... brush Monday #29
This take is dated. The difference maker was social media manipulation JCMach1 Monday #35
Dems will never truly win as long as the reich-wing noise machine exists hurple Monday #40
Yep -- THIS is the BIGGEST REASON Martin Eden Monday #43
Well, poor messaging has been screamed since 2015 to no avail. NT. SayItLoud Monday #46
MAGA has a better amplification network and they spent 20 years developing it, it doesn't matter if Trump wears a narrow uponit7771 Monday #52
Trump didn't win. Harris lost leftstreet Monday #48
No doubt Tweedy Monday #51
Exactly! Tesha Monday #53
Just nowforever Monday #54
All for the money Quanto Magnus Monday #56
There's also an unspoken war on education. SleeplessinSoCal Monday #58
Look at that crazy psycho fuckhead in Oklahoma. Initech Monday #73
I'm afraid we're not up to the fight needed against the SleeplessinSoCal Monday #84
We'd better. The fate of the world is at stake. Initech Monday #89
I'm old enough to remember when Karl Rove said. "We create our own reality." But I'm not sure our path should include,, surfered Monday #61
Democracy Drowns in Disinformation IronLionZion Monday #64
We need our own media ecosystem, and we need to *support* it. Until then... keep_left Monday #65
Left talk radio / alternative media won't work because Democrats don't believe there is a grand conspiracy to hide the.. Fish700 Monday #77
It has worked, and continues to work at MSNBC, Mike Malloy, Democracy Now, KTNF in MN, etc. keep_left Monday #79
To get people to fucking listen, will need to be entertaining FIRST. Few will tune in to hear someone read the newspaper SoFlaBro Monday #98
Well, Air America had some pretty entertaining shows, but they went bankrupt anyway. keep_left Tuesday #105
Fuckstain Rush Limpdong was on multiple AM stations in the same fucking market with a couple hundred listeners. SoFlaBro Tuesday #106
Yep. Ask Randi Rhodes. Her #1 show was cancelled by the network for Limbaugh's. keep_left Tuesday #108
Yeah we just need to start telling the truth. Initech Monday #90
The working class is not the same as the working poor. One of those is never talked about. Autumn Monday #71
Important. elleng Monday #92
The real answer: IT WAS SPITE. And malice. Initech Monday #72
Economy Avalon Sparks Monday #74
It's everything discussed here, and more LilElf70 Monday #76
Nexus: a book to recommend Godot51 Monday #81
yup krkaufman Monday #82
ALSO roomtomove Monday #85
Yes, conservative control of news and successful voter suppression. Voter suppression isn't mentioned in the, why ShazamIam Monday #86
Exactly. Rs weren't brainwashed in a vacuum, it was years of Fox and rw media pounding propaganda into their heads. Pepsidog Monday #88
by Michael John Tomasky elleng Monday #91
We understand. Dem leadership does not. GregGilman Tuesday #100
Yes. And the task escalated from defeating a candidate to defeating Russian, Chinese, Iranian and far right disinfo mahina Tuesday #101
Propaganda works. Propaganda applied intensely REALLY works. SupportSanity Tuesday #103
The question would then be: why do so many Americans choose to consume crappy right wing media? muriel_volestrangler 18 hrs ago #111
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