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senseandsensibility

(19,994 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 02:33 PM 15 hrs ago

The media will continue to sanewash DonOld's fascist statements

so it is up to our side to break them down for voters so that they can see how dangerous they are. (Yeah, I know, doing the media's job for them is getting tiresome and is an unfair burden).

The two points that I think are most important to convey are 1) when trump talks about the enemy within he is NOT talking about illegal immigrants as JD tried to claim, but American citizens. He has even namechecked Pelosi and Schiff. 2) He said that he thinks American citizens who disagree with him are more dangerous than autocrats like Putin and will use the military against them.

We need to make it clear that he is not talking about illegal immigrants (although that would be bad too) or about rioters, but about his fellow American citizens.

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The media will continue to sanewash DonOld's fascist statements (Original Post) senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago OP
The thing to remember ._. 15 hrs ago #1
Right. It's up to us. senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #2
If Trump wins Zorro 14 hrs ago #4
I think there are two different things going on with TSF: GopherGal 14 hrs ago #3

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(990 posts)
1. The thing to remember
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 02:43 PM
15 hrs ago

Is that much of the Media is owned by Fascists. We can't expect them to cut their own throats. They won't.

Zorro

(16,161 posts)
4. If Trump wins
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:40 PM
14 hrs ago

he will cut their throats. Apparently that is a situation they haven't considered.

GopherGal

(2,342 posts)
3. I think there are two different things going on with TSF:
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 03:37 PM
14 hrs ago

1) Evil/sociopathic/fascistic intent.
2) Mental deterioration that keeps him from keeping his mouth shut about number 1.

The M$M (possibly due to views of their ownership) seems very much disinclined to call out number 1.
At least some of the M$M may have enough standards/self respect left that they recognize that having pressed the "mental decline" case so strongly with Biden, they can't sweep #2 under the rug with TSF. (Perhaps for some of them it may even work an angle that allows them to get around their bosses' feelings about #1.)

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