Mitt vs Tulsi
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The best propaganda takes stuff that is true, and uses it to imply stuff that is false.
And then you get a bunch of people talking about the stuff that's true, and it sounds like they're going along with the stuff that's false.
What Tucker's doing is dumb at best.
I was only joking
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@Doctor-Phibes
Just dumb? Playing right into the Kremlin’s playbook. Carlson’s a stooge.Gabbard should just know better than to get sucked into Carlson’s agenda.
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@Copper said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
Mr. Carlson is an American hero.
I'm sure we all applaud his courage in the face of relentless, mindless criticism.
Hero for whom? I do agree though he is a mindless stooge in the finest tradition of yellow journalism.
Yellow journalism :
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
@Copper said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
Link to videoMr. Carlson is an American hero.
Funny. That was exactly the song that came to mind.
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“Don’t make me repeat myself”
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Can't speak to Tucker Carlson as I have a sneezing fit from all the hairspray every time I see him. I'm just saying that there is nothing inappropriate with Gabbard's statements. Those facilities do need to be secured and the pathogens destroyed, especially if Putin's doing some kind of weird wink and a nod with it.
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@George-K said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
She nails it, though the call to resign is over the top. I don't get where people in the replies are calling her a conspiracy theorist. She laid out simple and documented facts. WTF is wrong with people right now?
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"Conspiracy theorist" accusations are boilerplate lefty handbook stuff. We've all been acculturated to giggle at conspiracy theorists, long before our current left vs right divisions became so polarizing. the left has just used the opportunity to mine the giggles from that pre-conceived notion of how ridiculous conspiracy theorists are. Have to hand it to the left, they were ahead of the game recognizing the power of the tribal giggle.
Education is extremely important.
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@Horace said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
"Conspiracy theorist" accusations are boilerplate lefty handbook stuff. We've all been acculturated to giggle at conspiracy theorists, long before our current left vs right divisions became so polarizing. the left has just used the opportunity to mine the giggles from that pre-conceived notion of how ridiculous conspiracy theorists are. Have to hand it to the left, they were ahead of the game recognizing the power of the tribal giggle.
Apologies for stating the obvious, but Mitt Romney isn't on the left, and Tulsi Gabbard isn't exactly a conservative.
I was only joking
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
@Horace said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
"Conspiracy theorist" accusations are boilerplate lefty handbook stuff. We've all been acculturated to giggle at conspiracy theorists, long before our current left vs right divisions became so polarizing. the left has just used the opportunity to mine the giggles from that pre-conceived notion of how ridiculous conspiracy theorists are. Have to hand it to the left, they were ahead of the game recognizing the power of the tribal giggle.
Apologies for stating the obvious, but Mitt Romney isn't on the left, and Tulsi Gabbard isn't exactly a conservative.
In the context of this conversation, Romney was using the "conspiracy theorist" meme for its political effect, to marginalize a political opponent. It's part of the lefty playbook, but that does not mean its use is relegated to registered Democrats. I'm always eager to point out the conspiracy theorists on the left, for instance. Most obviously the race narrative, which is the largest and most powerful conspiracy theory on the planet. And I am not a registered Democrat.
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So it's used by both the left and the right.
Also, it's used by people to point out actual conspiracy theorists such as Tucker Carlson (or Glenn Beck if you prefer) as well as the race-obsessed such as NPR.
I was only joking
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
So it's used by both the left and the right.
Also, it's used by people to point out actual conspiracy theorists such as Tucker Carlson (or Glenn Beck if you prefer) as well as the race-obsessed such as NPR.
Yes but not everybody is motivated to see anecdotal evidence on both sides and then stop thinking, with a declaration that both sides are equally stupid. Accusations of being a conspiracy theorist was minted for its political value by the left, and relatively recently. But hey, good ideas get stolen.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
I have a sneezing fit from all the hairspray every time I see him.
Tucker, Trump and Hannity all have that oh-so-manly trait in common- do you think they've maybe inhaled a little too much of the stuff?
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So many times Mr. Trump has been misunderstood because he was so far ahead of the average man.
But, sooner or later everyone comes around to his way of thinking.
Mr. Carlson clearly has this same superior insight and foresight.
Tulsi's evidence confirms this.
I wonder if there is some gypsy in his family tree.
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@Copper said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
I wonder if there is some gypsy in his family tree.
They don't even encourage gypsies on his family golf course, much less in his family tree.
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@Horace said in Mitt vs Tulsi:
Accusations of being a conspiracy theorist was minted for its
politicaldescriptive value by the left, and relatively recently.‘Recently’ in comparison to the age of the republic? The Birchers were very much conspiracy-driven, as was pointed out in the 50s and 60s by Buckley himself, as he banished their crazy asses to bingo halls.
