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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeware of Pre-Election Agitprop Designed to Discourage Voting
With just a few short days until the election, the negative agitprop plant is in full bloom. If you're allergic to the pollen from this foul-smelling weed, avoid full exposure to it.
Wherever you go over the next couple of days, the stink of the Agitpropus Negativius will be everywhere, even on the Internet.
Pay no mind. The antidote is easy. Just GOTV like crazy!
GOTV 2014 and Beyond!
randys1
(16,286 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Don't let the negativism stop you!
randys1
(16,286 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)FSogol
(45,363 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Could be better.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Every state should adopt it, in my opinion.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)long past. We get to start on 2016 on Wednesday to do that again.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)And I'm not the only one who recommends my threads.
If that's your only comment on this thread, I don't know what to say.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Bizarre
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)This response will suffice again:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5745196
from the Third Way telling us first that liberals are "fringe" and irrelevant, but then that we are so powerful that a critical post *on a political discussion board* is going to sink the election.
Corporatists really need to start having their talking point meetings all together in the same room.
The ONLY people I see deliberately trying to reduce turnout are the corporate faction of the party. In fact, I can't *ever* remember seeing such a sustained, relentless, and deliberate effort to discourage, demoralize, and outright attack the base of the party. It makes no sense whatsoever...until you realize that corporate politicians depend on divided government in order to be able to continue to claim to the electorate that they cannot stop predatory corporate policies.
I presume you have contacted the DCCC about this garbage?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025736826
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)I do appreciate the kick, though.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)and if they don't like what you say they'll just silence you.
But hey, keep the ignorance alive!
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)I see your question wasn't answered.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)with their "All hope is lost" emails?
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)I donate to individual candidates. Reverse psychology doesn't work on me, anyhow. I suppose it works for some people, and they must be getting donations, since they keep using that strategy. It's not what I'd do, though.
I don't donate to any national campaign organizations. Only to my own local candidates. I vote locally, and my activism is all local, as well. I discuss national politics here on DU, but don't count DU activities as activism at all.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)what happened to the "hope and change"?
Talk about whiplash.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)note that the system is broken and you're a propagandist secretly paid by the GOP to destroy democracy itself
Rex
(65,616 posts)Clean up, isle one!
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)My home on DU is the GD thread list.
Rex
(65,616 posts)The Doom and Gloomers are out in full force today.
MineralMan
(146,192 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)MineralMan
(146,192 posts)Phlem
(6,323 posts)You mean like that?
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)when a candidate didn't list party affiliation. If the Republican guide supported them, I voted for the other candidate. Thank you, Republican Party. Little hint. Not everyone in a household is a REPUBLICAN.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)"I would expect that from a Republican" doesn't exactly mean I'm calling someone a Republican. But hey go ahead and twist it all around till it fits your reality.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Since HE is a Republican, why don't they send this guide to just HIM and not "Household"? I rarely get any voters guide from the Democrats, but when they send something it is addressed just to ME and not the household. Maybe the Republicans just assume that if the husband is Republican, that the WIFE must be also? Gender discrimination too?
Anyway, their lost, and my advantage.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)Please excuse me I thought we were talking about something else. It's been a rough day and I hope you forgive me. I understand now.
In my particular family I'm completely surrounded by them, they even invade my FB page but what do you do with old friends?
I come here to get away from it all and this morning just got drawn into the most ridiculous thread that ended up getting me kicked out of my own thread. It's really unfortunate to come here and be told to sit down and shut up. One day I'm supposed to have thicker skin and the next day I'm talking to someone who's is butterfly wing thin. The whole gang is here in the thread and I misread your post.
It was a knee jerk reaction on my part and I completely apologize, you didn't deserve that.
I hope we can still be friends.
I think I need a nap.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)Yeah, you probably do.
Nighty night.
KMOD
(7,906 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Like flypaper.
GOTV
mcar
(42,210 posts)Thanks MM.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)And you might want to find a different word