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Propaganda Debunking

In reply to the discussion: I'm a Republican [View all]

Curmudgeoness

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2. I have noticed them too.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:48 PM
Jul 2015

Last edited Fri Jul 31, 2015, 06:29 PM - Edit history (1)

And they are running often. This is on Ohio stations, so apparently this is all over the country.

The first one that I noticed had so many blacks and Hispanics and Asians....and lots of women. Many young people. And you are right, they are full of lies. The only thing that isn't a lie is the "personal responsibility" statement, and as usual, that is presented as a good thing. It always is with Republicans until they find themselves needing help---then it is some extraordinary circumstance in their life. I also believe in personal responsibility, but I have no doubt that my definition and their definition are miles apart.

I will have to pay more attention to these ads before I can discuss them in more detail.

ETA: I just saw another ad. These ads are put out by an organization called Opportunity Lives, and they claim to be a news website. The site loaded really slow for me and had no examples of the ads we are seeing. It is just a web page with conservative news, or what they call news....like Fox "News".

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I'm a Republican [View all] trocar Jul 2015 OP
The Democratic Party needs to speak out C_U_L8R Jul 2015 #1
I have noticed them too. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #2
lots and lots of Koch money annabanana Aug 2015 #3
Opportunitylives.com Republican propaganda website? eddieforchangeUSA Aug 2015 #4
If you are a republicon GP6971 Aug 2015 #5
reading comprehension. mopinko Aug 2015 #6
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