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11-03-2021, 04:49 PM
boozehound

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Originally Posted by xubrew

And...sadly...I think it works! Everyone is pissed off! That means everyone is engaged! They'll keep watching. All day long. It's almost like they can't help themselves. I've been trying like hell for the past year or so to get my parents to turn the fucking TV off and stop watching five hours of "news" every day. It's bad for their mood and bad for the psyche. It actually starts to make sense as to how some of these extremist groups are able to radicalize their members. If you scare them and make them mad for several hours a day for weeks and months at a time, you'll convert them!

And to your original point, they also don't want to put anything out there that will make their audience abandon them.

I think this whole post is pretty much right on, but I'm highlighting this part in particular. Anger and fear drive much more engagement than any political issues, other than maybe taxes. I think that the results of the 2020 election juxtaposed against the elections yesterday shows that nicely. Trump was a phenomenal anger and fear machine for the Democrats in the 2020 elections. They still underperformed in the House, but it got them the Presidency and the Senate. Without Trump they have nothing to rile people up about.

Republicans are plenty riled up though. Look at the whole CRT thing: Republicans are ripshit pissed about it, but I haven't seen much evidence that it's been taught below a College level. Still, it's become a rallying cry for many, when I tend to think it should barely rank on the stage of issues facing our country right now.

I think that one thing the VA and NY gubernatorial races highlighted that I hope Republicans take heed of, is that Trump winning the nomination again in 2024 is probably the worst thing that could happen to them. He still might beat Biden, but right now Trump seems like about the only person Biden could beat. The caveat to that (of course) is that it's early in Biden's term, but after they almost certainly lose the House and Senate next year it's hard to see things getting better for Ol' Joe from here. Still - Trump rearing his head in 2024 is going to re-instill a sense of purpose in a lot of currently listless Democrats, especially many of the moderate ones that broke for Youngkin in Virginia.
11-03-2021, 06:52 PM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by boozehound

I think this whole post is pretty much right on, but I'm highlighting this part in particular. Anger and fear drive much more engagement than any political issues, other than maybe taxes. I think that the results of the 2020 election juxtaposed against the elections yesterday shows that nicely. Trump was a phenomenal anger and fear machine for the Democrats in the 2020 elections. They still underperformed in the House, but it got them the Presidency and the Senate. Without Trump they have nothing to rile people up about.

Republicans are plenty riled up though. Look at the whole CRT thing: Republicans are ripshit pissed about it, but I haven't seen much evidence that it's been taught below a College level. Still, it's become a rallying cry for many, when I tend to think it should barely rank on the stage of issues facing our country right now.

I think that one thing the VA and NY gubernatorial races highlighted that I hope Republicans take heed of, is that Trump winning the nomination again in 2024 is probably the worst thing that could happen to them. He still might beat Biden, but right now Trump seems like about the only person Biden could beat. The caveat to that (of course) is that it's early in Biden's term, but after they almost certainly lose the House and Senate next year it's hard to see things getting better for Ol' Joe from here. Still - Trump rearing his head in 2024 is going to re-instill a sense of purpose in a lot of currently listless Democrats, especially many of the moderate ones that broke for Youngkin in Virginia.

If you think CRT is the only thing being taught that has parents ticked you’re not paying attention.
11-03-2021, 10:35 PM
Muskie in dayton

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Originally Posted by boozehound

…listless Democrats.

You could have said it all in two words.

The Dems need to double down on COVID restrictions and keeping parents out of
the classroom. It’s a winning strategy for sure.
11-04-2021, 05:47 AM
X-man

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

If you think CRT is the only thing being taught that has parents ticked you’re not paying attention.

What else? Science?
11-04-2021, 07:54 AM
xubrew

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Originally Posted by XU_Lou

Then again, maybe so: https://freedomfirstnetwork.com/2021...cardiac-arrest

Also, you need to ask the question: how many unvaxxed people are being admitted to the hospital because of Covid, versus how many went into the hospital for something unrelated and then tested positive for Covid?

Lou, when I first opened this link there was a banner on top with the headline "Woman Poops Out Pounds of Pure Body Fat, Doctors Speechless!" I screenshot it because I thought it was so hilarious that you would mistake what was obviously (or so it seemed) a parody website for an actual legit news website.

After digging a little deeper, that site actually is trying pretend to be legit.

But here's the thing...

IT ISN'T!!!

That site is TOTALLY full of shit! The banner for the story of the woman shitting out pounds of her own body fat is quite appropriate. It's fake news to an entirely new level! I really wish I could upload the pic, but it's not letting me.
11-04-2021, 08:23 AM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by X-man

What else? Science?

Sure Boomer, thank you for your contribution. Sorry we woke you from your nap.
11-04-2021, 08:42 AM
XU_Lou

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Originally Posted by xubrew

Lou, when I first opened this link there was a banner on top with the headline "Woman Poops Out Pounds of Pure Body Fat, Doctors Speechless!" I screenshot it because I thought it was so hilarious that you would mistake what was obviously (or so it seemed) a parody website for an actual legit news website.

After digging a little deeper, that site actually is trying pretend to be legit.

But here's the thing...

IT ISN'T!!!

That site is TOTALLY full of shit! The banner for the story of the woman shitting out pounds of her own body fat is quite appropriate. It's fake news to an entirely new level! I really wish I could upload the pic, but it's not letting me.

And you believe the NYT, CNN and MSNBC?

BTW, internet ads are targeted towards the end user based on their online profiles, searches and previous sites they visited. I didn't see that ad yesterday or this morning, so it must be something in your profile that triggered that ad....

Finally, if you think that is the only website reporting on heart issues for vaxxed people you're sadly mistaken. Do a little research of your own.
11-04-2021, 08:43 AM
X-man

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Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Sure Boomer, thank you for your contribution. Sorry we woke you from your nap.

Not napping. I read this board daily, but choose not to waste my time responding because everyone who posts here is so entrenched in their views that they resort to insulting anyone who dares disagree with them (e.g. you). I thought that I would inject a little humor with my post, forgetting that posters like you apparently have no sense of humor. How very sad.
11-04-2021, 08:54 AM
xubrew

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Originally Posted by XU_Lou

And you believe the NYT, CNN and MSNBC?

BTW, internet ads are targeted towards the end user based on their online profiles, searches and previous sites they visited. I didn't see that ad yesterday or this morning, so it must be something in your profile that triggered that ad....

Finally, if you think that is the only website reporting on heart issues for vaxxed people you're sadly mistaken. Do a little research of your own.

Yeah, I know what banners are and what you're talking about, which are the targeted ads. I can safely say that while on my work computer I'm not surfing to find stories about women who took massive dumps. I've never seen anything like that before until going to that particular site. Then again, I do feel at times that I have to do a lot of bullshit work, but that's bullshit, not human body fat shit.

As far as believing NYT, CNN, and MSNBC...Nice red herring!! And, what are you trying to say by bringing them into the conversation?? That they're full of crap, so that makes the site you linked okay??

Since you asked, scroll up to one of my earlier posts. I blasted pretty much all of the major news outlets, so no I don't think everything they say is true, and I certainly don't think everything they methodically insinuate is true. But...I suppose they're at least somewhat methodical. The site you linked was just pure full blown nonsense right out of the gate.
11-04-2021, 09:51 AM
Strange Brew

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Originally Posted by X-man

Not napping. I read this board daily, but choose not to waste my time responding because everyone who posts here is so entrenched in their views that they resort to insulting anyone who dares disagree with them (e.g. you). I thought that I would inject a little humor with my post, forgetting that posters like you apparently have no sense of humor. How very sad.

I miss my X-Man (eyes blur). You. Complete. Me. (single tear).