The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

(August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

There was an asshole whom convinced a nation to fuck up the rest of the world to the tune of 50 to 60 million deaths. That fucker committed suicide in a bunker in 1945. Never underestimate the gullibility of humans.

(August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

1984 is a fictional book, not real life.

(August 28, 2021 at 7:46 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

There was an asshole whom convinced a nation to fuck up the rest of the world to the tune of 50 to 60 million deaths. That fucker committed suicide in a bunker in 1945. Never underestimate the gullibility of humans.

And he had a son and named him Trump.  The Trumps are German, after all.

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(August 28, 2021 at 7:56 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

1984 is a fictional book, not real life.

Wow.  Thanks for clearing that up.  Don't know what I would do without your untold wisdom.

Quote:Are they really that brainwashed?

That seems overly melodramatic. People watch certain television programs, not because they're brainwashed, but because the content of the program resonates with them on a deeper level.

(August 28, 2021 at 7:56 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

1984 is a fictional book, not real life.

Yet there are many disturbing parallels between the two.

Fox "news" spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories and many believe it.

(August 28, 2021 at 7:56 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

(August 28, 2021 at 7:41 pm)Spongebob Wrote: The op says it all.  Do conservatives really believe the lies and shit on Fox News and other extreme right "news" agencies?  Are they really that brainwashed?  If so, I submit they are the very thing George Orwell was writing about in 1984.

1984 is a fictional book, not real life.

Neither is Farts Noise.

(August 28, 2021 at 8:01 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:

(August 28, 2021 at 7:56 pm)Ahriman Wrote: 1984 is a fictional book, not real life.

Yet there are many disturbing parallels between the two.

Fox "news" spreads misinformation and conspiracy theories and many believe it.

I don't recall the Ministry of Truth spreading very many theories on anything.

(August 28, 2021 at 8:00 pm)Ahriman Wrote:

Quote:Are they really that brainwashed?

That seems overly melodramatic. People watch certain television programs, not because they're brainwashed, but because the content of the program resonates with them on a deeper level.

The programs do the brainwashing, dummy.  It didn't happen overnight.  It took time.  In this way, Murdoch is a genius.

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(August 28, 2021 at 8:04 pm)Ahriman Wrote: I don't recall the Ministry of Truth spreading very many theories on anything.

There are multiple ways to get people to believe lies.  One way is repeating a lie over and over.

Don't believe me?  Just listen to your patron god:  "If you say it enough and keep saying it, they'll start to believe you."  - Donald Trump, speech in Florida, July 3rd.

I'm not sure where one of my neighbors gets his news. I guess I could ask. He was telling me about how a doctor was wearing a CO/CO2 detector while wearing a mask, and the monitor went off. I should have just said that that doctor should lose his license to practice medicine, but not knowing the details, I kept it shut.

As for "microchips in the vaccine", he at least prefaced his comment about Bill Gates doing so with the comment, "Maybe this is a conspiracy theory, but...". I assured him that I've worked in radiofrequency communications for almost 3 decades, and that shit just doesn't work that way.