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In response to "The AARP is totally against this. The Right just sells outrage better. -- nm" by Will Hunting

Why is that? I'm not convinced they sell it better. I think they just have a base that is more prone to (and motivated by) outrage. -- nm

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Jun 23 '17, 07:41

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They've had forty years of important right-wing media...they are pros at this. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 07:56 2
- Yes, there is a willingness to sell misinformation to a much greater degree. But I think it is more a reflection of the base that buys it than their - pmb Jun 23, 08:01 1
  - "You, alright! I learned it by watching you!" -- nm - znufrii Jun 23, 08:06
Really? You don't see the outrage on the left right now? Really? There are marches. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 07:43 13
- Yes, there are marches over real issues, not outrage over lies like death panels. -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 08:06
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  - There is this as well. -- nm - pmb Jun 23, 07:50
- Yesterday an actor on the left suggested an actor should kill the president. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 07:44 9
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  - Except he didn't. - znufrii Jun 23, 07:50 4
    - using the words of a sloppy, pill-popping drunk who hit his wife. -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 07:55 3
      - When Johnny said it, we ALL said Diva. Just like all of us shot Steve Scalise. - ty97 Jun 23, 08:05 1
        
        I just scrolled down and retract my IM -- nm - ty97 Jun 23, 08:07
      - but he's Jack Sparrow! -- nm - groiny Jun 23, 07:56
  - which i'm pretty sure that most people on the left are condemning. -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 07:50
  - This is anecdotal bullshit and doesn't mean anything other than that Johnny Depp is an ass. I'm hopeful you'll see more motivation on the left, but I - pmb Jun 23, 07:49
  - A Congressman was shot 9 days ago. -- nm - Ender Jun 23, 07:45

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