In this new "post truth" era where fact checking

[BREMPRO]

reason and passionate debate seem increasingly ineffective and antiquated, what NEW strategy will work to defuse and overcome the power of Trumps ad-hoc propaganda, truthiness proclamations of success , misdirection, distraction and bully tweets that are echoed by rabid bully followers and repeated by, auto bots and secret foreign actors with their own motives? I'm serious. This is not your grandfather's America. The rules are evolving fast and we have to be prepared for an agile and strategic fight in uncharted territory. Do the Senate Dems use the confirmation hearings to try to expose for instance the climate change denier who was just nominated for the head of the EPA using facts? Is this the last chance to defend and restore rational fact based debate? Or does the loudest most tweeted voice win? I believe this is the debate and strategic brainstorming we need to have now, , not an internal self defeating and demoralizing debate over why we lost big time and have a battle for " the soul of the party".enough has been said and it won't change the outcome or the impending gutting of democratic policy. To much at stake in the values we share that are about to be trampled if we don't pull together with a united front. Like now...

[world wide wally]

1. Instead of "post truth world", I am using "pre fascist America" to delineate this era

[Hugin]

3. Maybe Pre-christofascist America?

Stronger, more accurate. But, I get your point.

[Hugin]

2. I've been pondering this...

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And, while I'm in complete agreement with your sentiments. I believe President Trump Flatulence wants the Democrats to obstruct his nominations, so when everything goes to shit, he can say, "If only I'd have had my way, it would have been great."

So, I'm not sure what the answer is... Sadly.

[Warpy]

4. For some time, I've been answering public ranters with

"You BOUGHT THAT?" and then chuckling and walking away, twiddling my index finger next to my temple. It seems to work, nobody rants in my presence twice and the peace is very nice.

I'm a little old lady who looks like a grandma, so I can probably get away with it a little more easily, but Trumpers are unhinged enough that might change.

[Bear Creek]

5. Scripted

Flamboyant means, they only pay attention to the show. Flood twitter with democrat views. Flood the internet with "fake" looking news. They have been working on this for awhile. Like on CNN they have links to what looks like news but they are fake news sites. Propaganda is the only thing that grabs their short attention spans. Dominate, put ads on tv against what the republicans are for. Stage rallies Democrats have to control the conversation.