Should the left use exaggergation, emotional agitation, spreading of rumors and falsehoods [View All]

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like the right wing does?

I am kind of torn on this issue. Part of me says that the liberals should strive to always take the high road. But looking at the political landscape in the USA, it sometimes seems to me that such idealism is out of place. As the old quote, attributed to Mark Twain goes "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

We have witnessed elections being decided by things such as the John Kerry Swiftboating. And today the Republican voters in large numbers actually believe Obama was born in Kenya.

Is it possible that pushing lies "backfires in the long run"? Maybe. But it is also possible that ten years from now no one will even remember or even care how a certain goal was reached.

There is also a part of me that says "who gives a fuck if the baby was actually Sarah's. Let's keep spreading that it wasn't". One thing at least is for certain: The right wingers are gonna cry and play the victim any g** d*** way, and whine that "both sides do it", next time they make up some racist conspiracy theory. Part of me says, might as well give them something to cry about.