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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
8. Trump will be lucky to draw 30% of the vote here in NY.
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 09:43 AM
Oct 2016

He'll draw close to double that in Alabama.

People shouldn't generalize about 'the South' though--Virginia is culturally on a different planet than Tennessee and Alabama are.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
10. My pleasure.
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 10:01 AM
Oct 2016

Honestly.

Not my favorite region of the country. All those bapist churches next to IHOPs and strip clubs. Looks like they have the weekend covered.

 

EricMaundry

(1,619 posts)
4. Bill Press. The guy who ran the CA Democratic Party into near bankruptcy in the 1990s?
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 07:58 AM
Oct 2016

And gave the world H. Susan Henderson?

Yeah. He's a real genius.

librechik

(30,676 posts)
7. doesn't matter because Hillary did or didn't do ...something, anything
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 09:40 AM
Oct 2016

It's automatically evil when Hillary is involved.

If a republican does it, it's automatically allowed. It'a just the way they roll, All or nothing thinking, it's called.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
9. It shows how effective the right wing noise machine is.
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 09:54 AM
Oct 2016

They jumped immediately on the story to frame it. The first perception (the most important one) that people were given was, "This was just WORDS." Doesn't matter that the words indicated he had sexually assaulted women - the memes went out that Trump was just engaging in "guy talk" and had used an inappropriate word or two.

The2ndWheel

(7,947 posts)
11. People usually have their minds made up before things happen
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 10:25 AM
Oct 2016

That includes everyone. Something happens in the world, and people rationalize or justify it, or don't rationalize or justify it, based on what and how they already think at the time. What and how people think can change over time, but that comes from within. Tough to change someone's mind by telling them.

Assuming the poll is real, I'm guessing 48% of people in the poll already thought it wasn't a big deal.

How many people not on the right wing side listen to the right wing noise machine?

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
14. "How many people not on the right wing side listen to the right wing noise machine?"
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 11:07 AM
Oct 2016

I think that especially because of social media, a lot. Unfortunately.

ProfessorGAC

(65,134 posts)
15. You And Me Both
Fri Oct 14, 2016, 11:41 AM
Oct 2016

I simply don't believe this result. For one thing, how was "big deal" defined? Does it equal to astronomical cataclysm or does it equal concerning? Stupid questions result in stupid polls.

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