Every-intelligent-voters-guide-electioneering-bunk

[Smilo]

You’ll hear all the claims and allegations. Now get the facts—culled from the pages of America’s most fearless and independent-minded defender of democracy: The Nation.

http://www.thenation.com/article/168743/every-intelligent-voters-guide-electioneering-bunk


With thanks to The Nation.

[RedStateLiberal]

1. That's a lot of bunk

Do I have to subscribe to get the debunking?

[Smilo]

2. They said to share it widely so it

should work.

If not, let me know and I will paste into a couple of posts.


http://www.thenation.com/article/168743/every-intelligent-voters-guide-electioneering-bunk

[RedStateLiberal]

3. How does it work for you?

I'm on an iPad so maybe I'm not seeing something. There's just a list of false talking points (bunk) with no debunking. No links or anything other than a PDF with the same info. This looks like nothing more than an ad for the magazine to me.

[csziggy]

4. The indented paragraph under the bunk talking point has the refutation

For instance:

OUR ONLY CHOICES: CUTS OR MORE TAXES:
To reduce the deficit we must slash social programs
and/or raise taxes on working Americans.

This is a false choice. There is another
option: accountability – meaning that
the mess should be cleaned up by those
who created it, rather than those who’ve
been hardest hit by it. Furthermore,
“the most effective way to reduce the
deficit is to put America back to work.”
[The Editors, Austerity vs. Accountability]

The bolded part in italics is the refutation in the excerpt above. Their format does not emphasize this enough and some of the refutations are weak, IMO. But they are there.

[RedStateLiberal]

5. Ok thanks. I see that but was expecting a lot more

than just a simple paragraph to debunk those claims. Needs a LOT more detail. They should link out to in-depth articles for each one.

[csziggy]

6. I think they wanted short responses to the bunk

But I think they failed in the effort. As you say, it would have been good to link to in-depth articles for each one - maybe the sources of their short quotes.