Sarcastic comment under Bernie Sanders Thanos meme claiming he'll take half your income away:
"Don't worry. If you're dumb enough to believe this, his policies won't effect your income."
Maybe. But as it happens, this is exactly why *you* should be worried about these people.
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Or, well, "should be worried" implies there is anything you can do about it.
There probably isn't.
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Smartasses sit on internet groups sharing memes spread by the lowest common denominator of their political opponents, laughing at them.
Completely ignoring that capturing the lowest common denominator is, you know, how elections are generally won.
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"Ha, look at all these morons believing these incredibly dumb things." == "Our side is losing and for some reason we are also proud of it."
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You are winning wars of perception when people *don't* take obviously idiotic, patently false claims seriously.
If these claims are shared to broad approval, how factually incorrect they may be is entirely beside the point.
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People scornfully mocking "Jeremy Corbyn is totally an antisemite you guys I am not an influence op no sir" did exactly nothing to influence the old idiots in the UK who lapped it all up.
Because, you know, they were busy making fun of them instead.