Our American Creed is in grave danger.
I'm in the middle of listening to something
and would like to take a moment to jot down something that was said for deeper rumination:
a) Lies spread faster than Truth
b) Democracy cannot survive based upon Misinformation and Lies
Seems to me there are some deep implications here.
c) The theoretical super power of democracy is that we can listen to all sides and sort it out while authoritarian societies cannot.
Good points. I would add from where I sit,
1) There seems to be a
demand for lies, misinformation, deception, "spin" (on the Left) to promote or back up views that fail without that.
Example, they wanted, needed a distinction between Trump and Biden on classified documents. Trump tried to cover it up, Biden didn't so it's not two systems of justice. But so did Hillary. Bleach Bit. No prosecution.
2) I would add
projection as an important tactic in deception. We cover up our deception by accusing you of it.
3) Also '
missing information' is a big part of misinformation. So many examples. Not one Democrat reading the NYT everyday would know that revenues grew when marginal tax rates were cut. Do they know social spending perpetuates poverty? 60 years to study it and still no clue? Not one story. Do they know we spend 40% more than we take in, while they propose to worsen that? Do they know the earth has only warmed by one degree in 100 years? In the scientific scale of degrees Kelvin, that is a 1/287 (0.0035) movement. Hunter's laptop? The checks Joe received? Do they really not know about rape and human trafficking at the cartel controlled border? Two million rapes not mentioned in the SOTU, and then mocked in the response. And on and on.
“Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.”
― David Burge
