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Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 12:03 PM Mar 2017

The biggest hypocrisy. While people don't believe the election of Trump was rigged, they also don't

believe that propaganda can rig people's reasoning.

The same people who believe that the media is responsible for the "witch hunt" against their precious president don't believe that fake news and Russia's lying propaganda, "the media", caused Donald Trump to be elected.

Propaganda works for fascists and dictators. All one has to do is read about world and political history. The US used propaganda to paint past enemies in a bad light. Those propagandized stereotypes exist today.

"War Propaganda Posters are well known. But at its core, it is a mode of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position, and that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Although propaganda is often used to manipulate human emotions by displaying facts selectively, it can also be very effective at conveying messages and hence can be used in web design, too." https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/100-years-of-propaganda-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/


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The biggest hypocrisy. While people don't believe the election of Trump was rigged, they also don't (Original Post) Lint Head Mar 2017 OP
Hasn't every fake news author admitted to conservatives being more easily deceived by their bull? LonePirate Mar 2017 #1

LonePirate

(13,424 posts)
1. Hasn't every fake news author admitted to conservatives being more easily deceived by their bull?
Fri Mar 31, 2017, 12:38 PM
Mar 2017

Of course people don't think it tipped the election because they would have to admit to being duped by the lies and propaganda.

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