Down is Up
There are two things that always get me when watching movies or reading books about the future. Of course, the comical thing is when they get things all wrong. “Back to the Future” told us of a turbulent time when cars flew, kids rode hover boards, and holograms were everywhere. Extremely weird stuff happened. Stuff like the Cubs winning the World Series. Well, that actually turned out to be true, but the other stuff was pure fantasy.
However, nothing quite compares when the crazy stuff predicted in stories of the past actually turns out to be eerily true. “1984” was meant to be a cautionary tale even back then. It chronicled the dangers of propaganda when the government became all powerful and no one was quite sure what was up and what was down.
A lie is still a lie even if it is repeated often. Yet, a lie is more easily believed the more often it is repeated. It seems that Donald Trump and the GOP are bound and determined to get you to believe whatever they would like you to believe on Hunter Biden. They are going to keep pushing that same story about the laptop until you finally believe it.
Of course, the fact that Hunter Biden had a laptop isn’t the lie. The fact that Biden has made deals where he has taken advantage of his father’s position is also not a lie. The idea that either of these two facts point to Biden as being the most corrupt president ever is the lie. The idea is not only false, but is laughable on its face.
Are Hunter Biden’s dealings problematic? I’m sure they are on some level. Nearly every president has had a brother, son, or wayward cousin they wish they could put a muzzle on and keep locked away for their own protection. Billy Carter and Roger Clinton were absolute embarrassments. Heck, George W. Bush was that embarrassment before he cleaned his act up. You’d have to settle for Neil Bush as the black sheep of that family.
Go back far enough and there is a stupid relative or friend that a president wish they didn’t have. Of course, depending on the president, these idiots either provided for temporary humiliation or were much more problematic. Of course, like in the case of Warren Harding, those scandals were much more about their own reaction than what their idiot relatives or friends did.
So, how is this situation any different? Well, on the first note, the people leveling the charge are so guilty it is not even funny. To accuse Hunter Biden of excessively profiting from the presidency or making shady deals is galling when compared to their own behavior. Heck, you could break it down by child and all of them made more combined than all presidential children in history. Ivanka and Jared Kushner probably did more than the others.
Even now, there are propagandists on Twitter trying to convince you that he and his children divested while Hunter Biden profited. Actual facts say otherwise. Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes truth for millions of people. Joseph Goebbels told us how the big lie works. “1984” told us too. Seeing Back to Future’s version of 2015 was hilarious enough. Seeing “1984” actually come to life is anything but hilarious.
“Go back far enough and there is a stupid relative or friend that a president wish they didn’t have.”
That general rule applied until Dolt45 came along and turned it obscenely upside down.
Not that any members of the tRump Crime Family are much cleaner than Komrade Donnei himself, it’s just that he’s so much worse than anything in all history.
And Nick’s absolutely correct, the hypocrisy, willful ignorance, and false equivalence are beyond the pale with these propaganda serving and swilling vermin.
To equivalate Hunter with President Biden while totally ignoring the massive corruption and criminality of the Rufous Ratbastard himself, let alone satan’s spawn, is absurdly devious, and unAmerican.
And to think that the likes of DetesTed Cruz and hordes of other parasites might get re-elected in 2024 on the coattails of Komrade Donnei is nauseating.
1Nick, you hit the nails on the head.
2And if you watch the Stephen Colbert clip below, you can see where a mainstream network is adding a mouthpiece to further the lies of trumpf. Likely CBS is trying to broaden their viewer base. For money.
https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1509739832133795842
Waaayyy back in college, a marketing professor required us to read Goebbels Nineteen Points of Propaganda. Sadly, it’s still relevant today.
3Too true. Remember Donald Nixon? Obama’s aunt sought political asylum from violence in Kenya and outstayed her visa. Even Jefferson had a nephew who murdered and dismembered a man. The Kennedys had enough scandal for a Lifetime movie. Focusing on Hunter Biden shows how biased our media are, as they struggle to look “fair.” Tell us how Jared and Ivanka made enough money in their four years of “service” to build a McMansion in Florida.
4Thanks Nick!
Benghazi!!!
Obama’s birth cirtificate!
Clinton’s email!
Words matter, they change brains. It’s also about constantly blaming and demonizing something. Sorta like the ‘battered wife syndrome’.
“What is battered woman syndrome and what are the 3 phases?
BWS begins as an abusive cycle with three stages. First, the abuser engages in behaviors that create relationship tension. Second, the tension explodes when the abuser commits some form of abuse: physical, psychological, emotional, sexual, or otherwise. Third, the abuser tries to fix his wrongdoing and apologizes”
Oldie but goodie… again,
“Framing the issues: UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff tells how conservatives use language to dominate politics”
5https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/10/27_lakoff.shtml
Republicans are sick extremist bastards and they KNOW exactly what they are doing. They own or control 80% of the MSM.
Here’s a perfect example of propaganda ‘framing’. These harmful words, demonizing the Left, will be repeated thousands of times across the MSM. Repeated over and over again and YES it will change brains.
And EVERY local news segment will highlight these damning Republican words, NOT the truthful Democrats words.
So we will all know , without a shadow of a doubt, that “the radical left will coddle criminals and terrorists and sex crimes against children.”
Wahhh Benghazi!!
“TED CRUZ: If Judge Jackson is confirmed, I believe she will prove to be the most ***extreme and the furthest left justice ever***
to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
MARSHA BLACKBURN: Judge Jackson is ***beholden to the radical left ***
that is teaching our children that they can choose their own sex.
JOSH HAWLEY: Let me just say for the record, ***sex crimes against children *** are not fiction.”
TOM COTTON: Judge Jackson will ***coddle criminals and terrorists.***
6https://crooksandliars.com/2022/04/gopers-close-out-jackson-hearing-veritable
Couple of things… drumpf finally admitted to historians he did not win the 2020 election and CNN paid Fake Noize viewers to watch CNN instead of Fake News and at the end of the month the viewers had changed their minds about the fake caca del toro Fake Noize fed them about drumpf and other lies.
7https://www.rawstory.com/sarah-palin-2657101046/
Snowdrift Snoozy says she is personally insulted that an unqualified Black Judge gets a shot at SCOTUS seat when she could even answer simple fundumbmental magat gotcha questions.
Down is even further down for magats.
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