Opinionhaver

Classic ad hominem. Easier to mock the messenger than deal with the message, I guess.

The thing about propaganda that's often overlooked is the fact that it isn’t just about controlling what people think - it’s about controlling what people think other people think.

It’s the emergency dispatcher who picks up when I dial 911, not the police - but yeah, they don’t laugh when you report unlawful intrusion and theft, and neither do the police. So I’d say they’re pretty good in that regard.

I quit Yellowstone after 2 episodes but then later got back into it and ended up loving it. It's quite hard to pinpoint what it is exactly that I so loved about it but probably has something to do with the beautiful scenery, slow pace, good vibes and the realism.

Funny how it's "inspirational" when the victim’s a man - but we’d all agree it’s a tragedy if the roles were reversed.

The gorilla has the strength, but not the stamina. The first 20 men would probably die or be seriously injured, but over time, the constant waves of attacks would wear it down. It would get immobilized by people clinging to its limbs, blinded from repeated eye pokes, and eventually overwhelmed and strangled under the sheer weight of bodies piling onto it.

Just because it’s a red state doesn’t mean everyone there supports Trump. AOC and Bernie definitely have passionate followings, and they can fill venues - but that kind of enthusiasm doesn’t always translate into broad, general-election support. If you polled random voters - especially outside of activist circles - both are often seen as being on the political fringe. I actually think Bernie might have had a real shot if he wasn't 300 years old and the democrats didn't conspire against him, but with AOC, I think her public image is already too polarizing to win over the kinds of voters Democrats would need to flip. If anything, I’d imagine the MAGA crowd would love for her to be the nominee because they know how easy it would be to rally their base against her.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe in the recent espionage case, the person didn’t originally take the position with the intent to spy. Rather, they were contacted by the CCP after they were already in that role and were blackmailed into spying - using their family in China as leverage.

You can debate that in court. But if you steal a bucket of my dirt, the police will come, take it from you, and give it back to me. I’d call that ownership.

Do you own the dirt under your feet?

The house around me, and the dirt under it, yes.

Toupee fallacy. Just because you can recognize some of the propaganda, it doesn't mean you can recognize all of it. You're not aware of what flies under the radar while still influencing you.