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elleng

(130,967 posts) Sat Aug 29, 2020, 05:20 PM Aug 2020

"They count on the sheer volume of misinformation [View all]

— 'flooding the zone with shit,' in Steve Bannon’s memorable phrase — to overwhelm our political institutions’ ability to check their misbehavior."

"They count on making us all exhausted — beating us over the head so heavily and consistently with lies that we feel abused into treating them like a normal party, debating normal things like whether their 'law and order' message will resonate with median white voters in Wisconsin."

The RNC weaponized exhaustion
The sheer volume of lies and illegal behavior from Trump and the Republicans is what allowed them to get away with it.

https://www.vox.com/2020/8/28/21405144/trump-rnc-speech-fact-check-lies-hatch-act?

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"They count on the sheer volume of misinformation [View all] elleng Aug 2020 OP

😡😡😡 secondwind Aug 2020 #1

It's shock and awe soothsayer Aug 2020 #2

Yes. Shock Doctrine on every level. JDC Aug 2020 #12

That only works if no one suspects it. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #3

Timothy Snyder says this: A rising autocrat will exhaust the good people of a land.. Grasswire2 Aug 2020 #4

good post Evolve Dammit Aug 2020 #23

It's basically manipulating the news cycles Cetacea Aug 2020 #5

That is what they have always been counting on from the get-go Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #6

Boy do they ever. mzmolly Aug 2020 #7

Yes this! I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #8

That's the best summary Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #9

Yes, you are correct TimeToGo Aug 2020 #10

I think that's way over-thinking it. Mr.Bill Aug 2020 #11

That sociopath is running slipshod over our ability to stop him, you know. jaxexpat Aug 2020 #18

here is what hit a MAGAT with noneof_theabove Aug 2020 #19

He has millions of enablers, on payroll, in government, paid trolls and foreign assistance. Combine Evolve Dammit Aug 2020 #24

Kellyanne Conway's Gish Gallop is a variation on that theme Hekate Aug 2020 #13

The RNC, GOP is a terrorist organisation bent on destroying America. nt yaesu Aug 2020 #14

An Independent Prosecutor wouldn't get exhausted investigating Trump's not-talked-about ass... Fiendish Thingy Aug 2020 #15

I'm all for that... dajoki Aug 2020 #17

Exactly. Beating Americans down, punching down, is what Republicans are second best at. ancianita Aug 2020 #16

And Fuckerberg is helping them again! BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #20

Brownshirt Bannon & the rethuglican party Hiawatha Pete Aug 2020 #21

I can tell. warmfeet Aug 2020 #22

Our news delivery system is not equipped for this. chriscan64 Aug 2020 #25

Alexsander Dugin and 5th column political theory IamFortunesFool Aug 2020 #26

'Thanks.' elleng Aug 2020 #27

Education is the only hope we really have, honestly. Even extrapolated to the species level, IamFortunesFool Aug 2020 #28

I'm afraid it may be too late, elleng Aug 2020 #29

Perhaps for the many, yes... IamFortunesFool Aug 2020 #30

IF we survive. elleng Aug 2020 #31

Occam's Razor can help here. The act that underlies their words is essentially criminal. gulliver Aug 2020 #32