Comrades, How many people here experience this: you’re talking to a Democrat (someone who supports Democrats), and you bring up some bit of information that you know is true – it’s not an opinion, it’s a fact; it can be verified easily – and the Democrat has not heard this and questions your source. “Where did you hear that, Fox News?”
Democrats will ask you because unless it’s from one of their approved vetting outlets, it’s a right-wing conspiracy theory. I’ll respond by pointing to the origin, such as a press conference, or a statement released by an official agency… not the platform I learned about it from. It doesn’t usually matter. If it was ignored by the New York Times (for example), it’s as if it doesn’t exist. If it’s not a one, it’s a zero. For some of you, this will not happen — you’re too famous. But for regular people, do you find this happens to you? I think it’s a result of the derogation of the idea of “the left”. There used to be enough of us that a position opposed to the Democrats could be understood as something other than right wing. Today, there is next to nothing there, so in the effort to quickly place this non-vetted information, the safest guess is “ right-wing conspiracy”. It also serves to distance the Democrat from any confusion of supporting right wing ideas. Better safe than sorry. You can always adjust your position later, once permission is handed down. Kristin P.S.: I do not watch Fox News. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35608): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35608 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111471904/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
