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RE: Do you think social media affects public opinion?
January 11, 2021 at 12:53 pm
I was a right wing relativist when I first got here. The boards caught me at a very odd time in my life.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Do you think social media affects public opinion?
January 11, 2021 at 1:16 pm
I think it's something of an echo chamber. People have their on biases and seek out platforms that they agree with. But then they find a platform that goes even farther than they imagined and it pushes them even farther into the rabbit hole. So yeah, it affects them but they were already looking for the koolaid to drink.
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RE: Do you think social media affects public opinion?
January 12, 2021 at 12:17 pm
All public discourse affects public opinion. Your question is not a very good one.
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RE: Do you think social media affects public opinion?
January 12, 2021 at 12:26 pm
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2021 at 12:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
They tracked the "antifa did it" shitposts creation and movement on social media, then through the wingnutosphere to the WT and finally, into A Florida Man's mouth were it was disseminated back to the wider public like a fountain of bullshit under a mountain of pressure.
Didn't take long.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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