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How Do You Know If You Are Being Propagandized?...

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..Into Believing Something You Seriously Doubted? (Most Americans Don't Recognize Propaganda Technique  Even When They Are Soaking It Up.) Sign Interpretations Below* Don't kid yourself; propaganda works. You are not immune, no matter how smart you think you are. Propaganda changes minds, creates and strengthens beliefs. Nobody's immune, but you can keep a good guard up. First you must recognize when you are being targeted. How to KNOW when it's propaganda Basics of Propaganda A Big Lie Work Best.  (And somebody REALLY wants you to believe it.) Repetition Makes Lies Believable.  (Almost hypnotic with enough repetition.) So How Do You Spot It Every Time? It's as Simple as "Rate and Count"  RATE the misinformation for "bigness." Is it:          1. A white lie          2. Mixed lie/truth          3. Major exaggeration          4.  "Big lie" Whopper Roughly COUNT the...

Always Blame the Other Guy

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He Who Screams Loudest A competitor walks into your store and pees on the floor. Then he immediately screams, "There's pee on your floor! You people are filthy! This store is a scumbag place! I'm calling the Board of Health!" That is precisely the tactic being used by Republicans like Eric Cantor who are trying to blame the crazed verbal and physical violence from right wingnuts on the Democrats. Or the national debt on everyone but George W. Fee Fi Fo Fum; I smell the stink of hypocrisy-dumb. Or is that a wafting draft of Big Lie propaganda technique? pix credit