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UTUSN

(70,741 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 11:06 PM Feb 2017

SenTURTLE is about to learn about"STREISAND Effect"in silencingWARREN reading Coretta Scott KING ltr

Full letter (10 pp.) here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/10/read-the-letter-coretta-scott-king-wrote-opposing-sessionss-1986-federal-nomination/?utm_term=.744947106298

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from Wiki:
[font size=5]Streisand Effect[/font]

The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. It is an example of psychological reactance, wherein once people are aware something is being kept from them, their motivation to access and spread the information is increased.[1]

It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose 2003 attempt to suppress photographs of her residence in Malibu, California, inadvertently drew further public attention to it. Similar attempts have been made, for example, in cease-and-desist letters to suppress numbers, files, and websites. Instead of being suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity and media extensions such as videos and spoof songs, often being widely mirrored across the Internet or distributed on file-sharing networks. ....

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SenTURTLE is about to learn about"STREISAND Effect"in silencingWARREN reading Coretta Scott KING ltr (Original Post) UTUSN Feb 2017 OP
That's what I'm hoping. CNN and MSNBC should both invite her to read it live. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #1
K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Feb 2017 #2
What kind of fool... tenorly Feb 2017 #3
A very happy development! n/t ginnyinWI Feb 2017 #4
Only Senators Who Are Men May Speak Ill of a Nominee... TomCADem Feb 2017 #5
I seem to recall that Elizabeth was going to vanlassie Feb 2017 #6

TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
5. Only Senators Who Are Men May Speak Ill of a Nominee...
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 01:48 AM
Feb 2017

...Republicans are once again trying to women in their place in their eyes.

vanlassie

(5,685 posts)
6. I seem to recall that Elizabeth was going to
Wed Feb 8, 2017, 02:11 AM
Feb 2017

be satisfied leading the Consumer Financial Protection agency she instigated. When the GOP obstructed her, she bitch slapped them and got herself elected Senator. They will never learn. They're stoopid.

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