When all else fails, ConservaTEA Republicans go back to the Nixon card of shooting messengers .
"Republicans Lie More Than Democrats…And The Credibility Gap Is Widening"
Counting lies. What a useful thing to do! Wouldn't it have saved time to count truths instead?
When ConservaTEA Republicans/Others can't think of their own coherent lines of thought,
they simply rephrase others and play the "I know you are but what am I" card ?
I don't see any links backing up the bloviating bull**** in playing the Nixon "attack the messenger" card .
After Republican campaigns insisting that they won't succumb to fact-checkers, I don't find this surprising.
And of course simple reduction in order to dismiss isn't a form of lying, right?
"Simple reduction"? What exactly do you mean?
Reducing what happened to fit your narrative of what happened.
I'll give you an example: "The US is the only country to use nuclear bombs against another, and yet they say they want peace -the liars!"
The elements are truth, but stripped of all context and reasoning in order to make the false conclusion.
And this is relevant... how? Simple facts are apparently anathema to right wing politics. It's not about narrative. It's not about context. It's about raw facts.
Quote Originally Posted by Paschendale
After Republican campaigns insisting that they won't succumb to fact-checkers, I don't find this surprising.
And this is relevant... how? Simple facts are apparently anathema to right wing politics. It's not about narrative. It's not about context. It's about raw facts.
Hold on there!
Republicans LOVE facts! They pay attention to the facts and ONLY the facts...as long as the facts agree with what they already believe. But if the facts don't agree with conservative dogma, well, THAT means the facts must be wrong!
Once again, lying by simple reduction. The elements may be truth, but stripped of all context and reasoning in order to make the false and partisan conclusion.
"Simple reduction" was a buzzword on some talk radio show recently, wasn't it?
Wow, remove the beam from thine own eye first.
That explains everything. Insert Winston Churchill quote here.
You start with the truths from your side first.
Should be a short post .