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Bernardo de La Paz

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23. Good post. Think you mean "Cancel culture", not "Counter culture". But the last line is flawed

Sat Mar 6, 2021, 12:45 PM

Mar 2021

Democrats do not seem to get this. We engage. I feel we are gullible. They win.

Actually it is because we are NOT gullible that we engage. We tend to think that the other side is a thinking entity and persuadable. It is not nearly as much as we Democrats and progressives and liberals are. So we engage and find the other side is more like a pigeon playing chess by knocking over pieces and crapping on the board.

You make a number of good points, such as psyops works, and there are counter-measures.

One countermeasure you don't discuss much is critical thinking. It has been de-emphasized in grade school education for years, particularly from teach-to-the-test effects resulting from RepubliQon mandates for milestones and teacher performance reviews, etc. Those result many from the RepubliQon love of conformity and white male supremacy and monoculture and their general reluctance to stretch and exercise their minds.

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Why are we so gullible? [View all] Edwcraig Mar 2021 OP

Such an important point AmBlue Mar 2021 #1

Yes, the points are excellent DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #49

thanks for that reminder bbgrunt Mar 2021 #2

Excellent! Thanks for the illuminating analysis! Karadeniz Mar 2021 #3

The GOP is a criminal enterprise with tremendous resources being directed to a Putin style Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #4

Agree judesedit Mar 2021 #5

Nailed it. triron Mar 2021 #25

The RepubliONs DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #27

thanks for pointing to RW radio, which got going after reagan killed the fairness doctrine in 87 certainot Mar 2021 #40

Excellent post. Duppers Mar 2021 #43

It was very obvious during the Cheney years. "Weapons of mass destruction" BS. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #44

I will never DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #47

Colin Powell was always a "good solider" doing whatever the brass wanted him to do. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #48

The U.S. military is in some ways, just as guilty DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #50

Oh yes, that is quite true and well known inside the military. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #51

Agree 100%. I've wondered if the DNC could play a role? CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #37

Military psychologists who do psyops. Forensic psychologists who understand sociopaths and criminal Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #45

Thanks, thanx, and THANKS for this post, PSYOPS is unexplored territory bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #6

Thanks! We need this. We need it badly.... paleotn Mar 2021 #7

With the pandemic & unemployment issues we are currently facing KS Toronado Mar 2021 #8

Good post! peggysue2 Mar 2021 #9

TLP. MeidasTouch. Late Night TV Hosts. MSNBC Progressive Hosts. CNN Progressive Hosts. Tommymac Mar 2021 #10

C/C lost me when they went after Fuckin' Bugs Bunny. BUGS BUNNY, for fuck's sake. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #11

Bugs Bunny did this it is unforgivable,... magicarpet Mar 2021 #32

Yeah, it should'a been Mississippi. 3Hotdogs Mar 2021 #33

In basketball, a great defence wins games. luvtheGWN Mar 2021 #12

Agree. Do not use their words/phrases at all. Ignore them. Focus on our messages erronis Mar 2021 #13

The Right wing of the GOP has NOTHING to offer the American people, Fla Dem Mar 2021 #14

We should anticipate and defuse their misdirecting, false arguments before they even think KPN Mar 2021 #24

Real estate is location location location. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2021 #15

+100k CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #39

Will kick this again later Mersky Mar 2021 #16

While the actions may be PSYOPS, the reasons are largely financial. plimsoll Mar 2021 #17

Culture War Martin Eden Mar 2021 #18

OUr best strategy is to do good things for average people. Things that directly benefit the avin a KPN Mar 2021 #30

+1 Martin Eden Mar 2021 #46

Yup. KPN Mar 2021 #52

Yup. It seems quite obvious to me that, as a whole, we are quite ineffective in countering KPN Mar 2021 #19

Five star message pandr32 Mar 2021 #20

Read Malcom Nance zaj Mar 2021 #21

No, we just make fun of them. betsuni Mar 2021 #22

Good post. Think you mean "Cancel culture", not "Counter culture". But the last line is flawed Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2021 #23

One of the reasons The Wizard Mar 2021 #26

Excellent Post...This should be sent to the DNC, unfortunately here at DU you are preaching to the Escurumbele Mar 2021 #28

Great post leighbythesea2 Mar 2021 #29

Excellent post Wild blueberry Mar 2021 #31

Why are the GOP so much better at messaging? BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #34

A fun way to counter it: Qutzupalotl Mar 2021 #35

Excellent post, thank you! Again: Messaging is crucial to winning. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #36

Great post Thank you K and R PCIntern Mar 2021 #38

Thanks for this conversation earth2jim Mar 2021 #41

Other resources on PSYOPS thoughts? earth2jim Mar 2021 #42

what kills me is Skittles Mar 2021 #53