The same thing happens in all politics, obviously, but the amount of times you see an angry headline from a right-wing source and it's just not based on facts at all is quite surprising
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@yourewrongabout just had an episode about this topic, of faux outrage over minor or fake stories.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I think they think the same about us
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It’s about 90-95% either fake or blown out of proportion. Voter fraud, “fake” pandemic, “dangerous” vaccines, “cancel culture”, green new deal, AOC “evil”......sigh. Are Australian politics better?
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And of course it all begins in the Daily Mail.
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Falsehoods go away, but the engendered feeling (of hate) remains. This is the aim, in fact.
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And falsehoods also remain in many people's minds as true. Unfortunately, lying is profitable.
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this is an extremely successful tactic. 1) create controvesy 2) get attention 3) play it down 4) repeat with different subject
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Colon cancer, coronary artery disease, and strokes to own the libs...
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Like some of the “progressive” docs here arguing against a vaccine passport after the federal government (USA) said this.pic.twitter.com/GUYHwU2OJG
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Vaccine "passports" do exist - for international travel in areas where diseases are endemic. A novel idea when they were introduced - in 1945 for smallpox, changed in 1967 for yellow fever.
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