[quote=FlyerInHi]Honestly zk, why did it take you this long to notice?
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You seem to assume that I just noticed this. (Felix Unger was right about assuming.) I first noticed it about 15 years ago (although it wasn’t nearly as pervasive then).
I’m just not sure how many people are aware of how pervasive and persuasive and problematic and just plain huge this aspect of right-wing propaganda is. Obviously the brainwashed conservatives are totally unaware of it. Which is to be expected. The problem is that most other people, as far as I can tell, don’t seem to be aware of it. They see the vitriol and the fury that conservatives have towards liberals, and they seem to think that it’s directed towards positions that liberals actually hold. Surely a lot of centrists, even, believe that liberals in general want open borders and socialism and confiscation of all guns (and many of the million other things that right-wing propagandists tell them that liberals want). Even a lot of liberals (who don’t listen to Limbaugh and Hannity and their ilk) aren’t aware of the uncountable (and usually ridiculous) positions, attitudes, and ideas right-wing propagandists incorrectly ascribe to them.
This is a problem. Obviously the propagandists aren’t going to stop doing their job. That leaves it to…to whom? Who should be countering this aspect of the propaganda? If more liberals were aware of the positions that conservatives think they hold, maybe they could speak up and … ah never mind, the brainwashed aren’t listening to anybody.
My point is that, unless you listen to right-wing propaganda, you aren’t aware of just how persistently and aggressively and wildly right-wing propaganda misrepresents liberal positions, attitudes, and ideas. And, while I can’t think of a solution to the right-wing propaganda problem, increased awareness of all aspects of the problem can only help. And I think that most people are not aware enough of just how big this aspect of the problem is.
