• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Are the Iranian terrorist cells in the room with us right now? Why not go with the much more common example of white supremacist domestic terrorism?

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Because media gaslighting works so well that people usually aren’t aware that they’ve been affected by counterfactual narratives before they start actively reinforcing them by repetition.

      The Google trends for this particular phrase:

      • boydster@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        It’s hard not to wonder if the bump back in late March or April was from the folks selling stories right now

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      2 months ago

      what part of “thought exercise” do you not understand. its an extrapolation of current events, and hypothetical scenarios. not a statement of a factual event that has happened. You cant imagine this occuring?

      • ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Here’s a way to improve the “thought exercise”: make it take place in reality instead he imaginary world racists live in.

    • skisnow@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Why not go with the much more common example of white supremacist

      Because that’d be preaching to the choir. Trump voters don’t care about white supremacist attacks.