What an interesting strategy. All this time we’ve been worried about deep fakes and stuff unduly influencing public opinion. Kudos to them for just shamelessly making shit up, very innovative, I’ll give them that.
Ah yes only the most important issues of our time being tackled by Republican politicians these days.
Lying to persuade people to vote for them? Yes, that is the most important thing to Republicans.
Fled Cruise knows damn well enough of his constituents are the exact kind of fucking moron that would accept his strawman as a real issue and ignore all evidence to the contrary. It’s why he still has a seat.
You’ve got to be a snowflake and a half to get triggered by a recommendation
In Canada our alcohol guidelines changed to I think two drinks a week while also saying their is no safe amount of alcohol. As a government guideline it’s great. Has it changed anyone’s drinking habits? Absolutely not. It’s the same as a food guide really.
Imagine what these tender children will do if/when the government actually makes a recommendation and lets people know just how harmful alcohol actually is, even at the rate of 2 beers a week.
Think they are clutching their pearls and clamping their sphincters NOW, lol…
The most snowy of the snowflakes: Republicans.
I do wonder how many wives of these people that get freaked out over things like…checks notes…recommendations tell their husbands behind closed doors to chill the hell out and stop all the whining over nonsense.
They’re often just as bad.
You are probably right in many instances; I know there of at least some couples where the husband’s main “hobby” seems to be getting dopamine hits all day long by getting worked into a fit over following Faux + hate radio + Breitbart (or whatever) and the wife rolls her eyes at it all, even in public.
Who knows, maybe the wife in those cases is conservative and is down for the worst of it but hates the husband saying the quiet parts out loud, but I think in some cases, she’s either apolitical or quietly votes for the Democratic Party.
Of course, I know of at least some couples where the wife is far, far worse than the hubby is…
Waaaaaaaaaaaaait… I can have 2 drinks a day according to the U.S. government? Awesome.
Just bugger off to Cancun, Rafael.
He once complained on Twitter about the Paris Accords, feigning ignorance of the name while asking why we’d be a part of something all the way in Europe. The man has a Harvard (or some other noble) education. He’s highly intelligent. He just knows that his constituents are under-educated and incurious about the world. He’s a lying sack of shit.
Similar to senator Kennedy from Louisiana. He talks like a stupid hick, but he’s a Rhodes scholar.
Nah. Maybe at one point in his life that guy was considered intelligent (among his peers), but I refuse to believe anything about that man’s current behavior is put-on.
Idiot is as idiot does.
These damn radical lefts! They are trying to take your beer away!
/s in case someone is actually that dumb
Funny enough, it seems like all the good breweries are in liberal areas 🤷
They suddenly found that “czars” thing. Again. SMH.
Also, this is a reaction over a possible health recommendation? My word, these people…do any of them stick to recommendations on health, anyway? I wonder what they do if/when the government agencies starts wising up on their health recommendations related to plant-based diets and cutting way down - or eliminating - animal products altogether? I bet they faint.
“What is it with liberals and wanting to control every damn aspect of your life?”
Last time I checked, it was the liberals who wanted to let you smoke weed, have safe and legal abortions, physician assisted suicide, single payer healthcare, and free college tuition…
Somebody else opposed all that… 🤔 Who was it again?
The same response can be posted to anything related to modern “conservatism”.
Fascists have no shame. If they didn’t have double standards they’d have none.
The propagandized are already in a bubble and refuse to accept reality. The fascist leadership can manufacture any alternate reality they want because the sheep will blindly follow.
Fascists make up false accusations about their intended victims not so that you will believe them and be misled, but as an insecure show of power.
By telling lies about you and getting away with it, they convince themselves that they are stronger and more deserving than you. This is basically a way to psych themselves up to commit crimes against humanity.
That’s what pisses me off about the democrats. They have the political slogans right in fucking plain view. The Republicans have basically written them for them…nothing.
Massive billboards everywhere should have this plastered: We want you to be able to smoke and grow weed, have women make their own choices, paid college tuition, single payer healthcare, medicine affordable for seniors, and WE WONT COMMIT TREASON AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION!
It’s fucking bonkers.
People already know or are utterly brainwashed. Who do attack ads convince?
The number of people who are politically disengaged is staggering. What better to motivate those people than to prompt some anger over an issue and hope they care about it enough to stay angry and vote. Also important to note this stuff is never done alone, there’s other outreach happening at the same time. It’s a numbers game, and those few disengaged folks you got fired up with a stupid ad could make or break you.
That said, I think most attack ads are damaging to political discourse by nature of demanding a concise, pithy message. Never going to get genuine criticism out of that.
Independants/undecided voters and people who don’t generally participate in democracy
Something like 60% of people vote in federal elections if we’re lucky. Obviously they aren’t all going to unanimously vote for only one party - but Republicans are notorious for showing up to vote on anything.
Voter suppression is a pretty big problem that disproportionately affects people who don’t vote republican though.
It doesn’t have to be an attack ad. Rebranding what it means to be a Democrat is actually a great idea. Kind of like those “Pass it on” billboards
Then why do the other side do so well when they constantly yell about nothing? Yelling really seems to work.
I always assumed senility played a part as republicans tend to be much older.
Dems have always took the high ground. Which is stupid. It gives the loud minority more reach. Look at space Laser lady.
She was in a safe seat. It’s the gun restaurant lady who almost got voted out.
You just ruined my day reminding me that she won re-election.
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You need to keep washing the brain or it develops thoughts outside the script.
Who was it again?
The Whig Party!!! /s
The “fun” part is that the Democratic party and the Republican party are both neoliberal parties. If you really want to melt the brain of conservatives, here’s one of my favorite phrases:
I’m not a Democrat, but I vote for them. They’re the only good conservative party left in this country!
Last time I checked, it was the liberals who wanted to let you smoke weed, have safe and legal abortions, physician assisted suicide, single payer healthcare, and free college tuition…
No, that’s what progressives want. Liberals run on a subset of those sometimes, but then always have enough no votes to block them.
I’m allowed to wear what I want and control my hormone levels in fucking Massachusetts
Who was it again?
The Judean People’s Front?
The People’s Front of Judea!
I thought we were the Popular Front!
People’s Front!
#SPLITTER!
“free college tuition” - like to eliminate laws mandating non-free college tuition?
Everyone looks like a stroke away from voting for my butthole.
Put an [R] next to the campaign and your butthole has a fighting chance
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You look like an asshole i would like to share a beer with.
The funniest part of this post is me forgetting what you were replying to and seeing this in my inbox and thinking, “What the hell did I say?”
I respect you because you are up front about literally shitting on people.
Y’all saying Cruz is an idiot are giving him way too much credit. He’s a lying evil sack of shit, and he knows what he’s doing is wrong.
Yep. This is scary shit. They realized all they have to do is make their voters mad with constant lies and they’ll never check it for themselves.
And he’s hitting the most stupid, insecure people with things that makes them feel “manly” like meat and beer and guns. It’s always those things
Cruz’ Razor: “Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.”
Guys, this is an opportunity!
Biden needs to immediately push for legislation limiting everyone to no more than 30 beers a day. And that everyone must breathe air and eat food.
This problem will solve itself!
