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kentuck

(111,103 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 07:56 AM Nov 2015

"The Bigger the LIE, the MORE people Believe It." - Joseph Goebbels

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

-Joseph Goebbels


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"The Bigger the LIE, the MORE people Believe It." - Joseph Goebbels (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2015 OP
Fox news will soon have 20 years of "entertainment" experience. Turbineguy Nov 2015 #1
They cannot even call a "lie" a "lie"... kentuck Nov 2015 #2
Yes, outstanding point and outstanding post..k and r Stuart G Nov 2015 #3
Arm yourself with truth C_U_L8R Nov 2015 #4
The media refuses to tell the truth about Donald Trump... kentuck Nov 2015 #6
Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. Octafish Nov 2015 #5
Excellent. It is tough to counter lies with the truth when putting a liberal spin on the lie pampango Nov 2015 #7
911 newfie11 Nov 2015 #8

Turbineguy

(37,343 posts)
1. Fox news will soon have 20 years of "entertainment" experience.
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 08:00 AM
Nov 2015

There are armed people out there who have never had any other source for their information.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
2. They cannot even call a "lie" a "lie"...
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 08:06 AM
Nov 2015

And they complain that the President cannot say "Islamic terrorism"...

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
4. Arm yourself with truth
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:52 AM
Nov 2015

Armed with truth, you can pop the bubble of bullshit
Laughter works even better at disarming tyrants.
Just ask the Emperor with his new clothes.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
6. The media refuses to tell the truth about Donald Trump...
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:55 AM
Nov 2015

They say, "We cannot find any footage of people cheering in NJ when the Twin Towers fell..."

..instead of saying, "Mr Trump is lying about this. He is a liar."

Sooner or later, the only way to defeat Mr Trump is to fight fire with fire - the truth.

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
5. Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction.
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 09:54 AM
Nov 2015


Just like the ones he used to bring down the twin towers.

pampango

(24,692 posts)
7. Excellent. It is tough to counter lies with the truth when putting a liberal spin on the lie
Tue Nov 24, 2015, 10:02 AM
Nov 2015

and ameliorating the lie's damage seem to be more 'realistic and moderate' way to appeal to voters. In practice, countering the lie (even at the risk of 'ignoring the polls') is a better way in the long run to keep conservatives from winning.

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