Nobody can force advertisers to pull their sponsorship. We can ask. Even pressure them. At the end of the day, they use their judgment to decide.
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I really need to understand why a very large group of people have decided that we have a power we do not have.
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Of course I know why they're upset. You take money out of a white man's pocket and even ppl who don't like him will find an objection.
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People wanna keep politics separate from white men's ability to make money. It feels like encroaching on a sacred space.
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But more so, I'm struggling with the other part. The idea that you can "counter" lies and propaganda with truth. It's just not true.
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Lies have always worked better than truth. Lies are specifically crafted to sound better, to make ppl feel good, to reinforce what they already think.
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The truth does not "counter" lies. At most it provides some ppl a way out of the darkness *if they want it*.
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But that's not what we're dealing with here. These ppl have chosen to live in darkness. They are being bamboozled, but they paid for the privilege.
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And while we wait for them to notice the truth, they are destroying our democracy and setting back decades of progress.
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Sorry I don't see the argument for why you wouldn't fight against that.
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I think @joshtpm's series of essays on "The Brittle Grip" is basically the answer:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-brittle-grip …
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