Roseanne tweets better than Trump

[henryp]

I'd agree with that, though I only think that applies more to the hardcore, clearly false things. Otherwise, it's just people looking at facts and forming opinions.

I think things resembling the facts are carefully shaped and presented to people with the goal of having them draw specific conclusions.  It's the same principles of deceptive advertising.

We just saw NY Times and Liberal Maggie Haberman try to take down Michelle Wolf at the correspondence dinner, by misrepresenting the nature of the smokey eyes joke.  She framed it as an attack on Huckabee Sanders appearance, when it was clearly not.  Dishonest or incompetent?  Did Michelle tearing news media a new asshole play into Maggie's (and other liberal media member's) portrayal of the SHS joke?  

The right wing news obviously did the same thing.  But we know they are being dishonest because they are dishonest.  But why did Maggie Haberman do it?  Everybody gets so caught up in how the other side is being tricked, nobody checks to make sure they themselves aren't also being tricked.

And what was crazy, is after people backed Michelle Wolf, mostly because they liked the idea of SHS being attacked based on her looks, it was framed as "Right wing complaining about the joke", even though the outcry started with several left-wing media members.

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Something that came out when Roseanne first was coming back, was the picture of her dressed as Hitler baking cookies.  I've stumbled across her explanation of that.  I'd be surprised if anyone else has any idea what her intent was.  But that doesn't stop people from posting it as proof she's a Nazi.  It's all very nefarious.

And it's why I think people like Roseanne or Billy Corgan or Joe Rogan are probably more susceptible to conspiracy theories.  Because when you see that invisible hand shifting shit around, it's scary.  And then the next logical step is wondering what there is that you don't see that's happening.  In the end, I think conspiracy theorists may have a more realistic view of reality than people who think it's all on the level.