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In reply to the discussion: G.O.P. Group Warns of 'Defector' List If Donors Uncheck Recurring Box [View all]mac2766
(658 posts)39. If this image, and story, were to be broadcast correctly....
It could bring to light the manipulation that the right has been using. My in-laws, who are in their 80's, were Democrats until they got cable and started watching Fox "news". Now they only know that they hate the liberal Democrats. Why they hate them, they can't explain. They just know that they hate them.
The terms "Radical Left", "DEFECTOR" (in caps), "sided with the Dems", and "get Trump to run in 2024", are all triggers to get supporters to leave the box checked. They invoke emotions like hate, fear, and excitement. I believe that Fox "news" and hate media use the same tactics to keep people tuning in. I also believe that those who are using Facebook to propagate hate are using the same tactics.
Just ask a person who hates the liberal Democrats why they hate them. They'll spew nonsense, but generally they don't have a valid reason. They simply know that they hate them. It's the same group of emotions that a Green Bay Packers fan feels toward the Minnesota Vikings. They simply know that they hate them. Of course, a football fan might have a few examples of why they hate their opponent. The NFL generates a ton of money by promoting rivalry tactics.
Edit: I forgot to include the emotion guilt, which is a big one. Guilt is probably the most important emotion to take advantage of.
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G.O.P. Group Warns of 'Defector' List If Donors Uncheck Recurring Box [View all]
teach1st
Apr 2021
OP
These thugs are using their time honored business practices of fake universities, fake rump steaks,
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2021
#7
Yep, good way to look at it -- the old time honored racketeering, now brought to campaigns.
ancianita
Apr 2021
#40
Well put, well put! The new crooks of America, made valid by the likes of rump. I hope that
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2021
#46
face it: refuKKKchickens are no longer a party, just a shitty gang of pissy losers...
bringthePaine
Apr 2021
#9
Call to good reporters, an investigation must be made on what trump has on republicans that they are
Escurumbele
Apr 2021
#18
Just when you think the Republicans cannot sink any further they prove you wrong.
cstanleytech
Apr 2021
#29
there scared of pence might beat the x-fat man now ! what a joke the party is now!
monkeyman1
Apr 2021
#31