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gab13by13

(20,867 posts)
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:25 AM Jul 2021

Call it what it is dammit;

I get it that the MSM is right wing and controls the narrative, for example, why do we religiously call the border fence a border wall?

This really pisses me off though, let's call what MF45 did by its proper name; sedition.

se·di·tion
/səˈdiSH(ə n/

noun
conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

I don't expect GQPers to call it sedition but I do expect everyone else to call it sedition.

Don't underestimate the power of the narrative.

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Call it what it is dammit; (Original Post) gab13by13 Jul 2021 OP
"the MSM is right wing".....yawn. brooklynite Jul 2021 #1
Yes empedocles Jul 2021 #2
Words mean everything.. kentuck Jul 2021 #3
words do mean everything Mr. Steve Jul 2021 #5
It's bare-naked denial to protect seditionists. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2021 #7
Aka Treasonous behavior left unchecked by the KKK GQP. flying_wahini Jul 2021 #4
Begging the question Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #6

brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
1. "the MSM is right wing".....yawn.
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:43 AM
Jul 2021

The right wing media is right wing. Plenty of mainstream media in the.....mainstream.

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
3. Words mean everything..
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:56 AM
Jul 2021

The narrative is what it is, not what we might want it to be.

It was and is, sedition.

You are correct.

And now, it seems we are in a cover-up of that sedition?

Mr. Steve

(114 posts)
5. words do mean everything
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 10:39 AM
Jul 2021

Just as terrorists were not and are never tourists, rioting and rampaging against a legitimate government is and always has been SEDITION, even when cloaked in grey uniforms.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
7. It's bare-naked denial to protect seditionists.
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 11:25 AM
Jul 2021

McCarthy is acting like an ass because he knows WHO supported the coup and he knows that if they were exposed, his entire coalition and his dream of becoming Speaker collapses overnight. He also knows that HE was complicit in the coup attempt, and knows that he's exposed as a seditionist himself if the truth comes out. So he as a lot to lose.

We know this by how McCarthy behaves, and by common sense presumptions about what motivates people to do what they do. The common explanation is a variation of "The Protection Theory": when behavior begs for an explanation, consider that "protection" is the motivating force. In McCarthy's case, he's got a lot to protect, and his behavior is notably transparent. He's ONE ANNOUNCEMENT AWAY from having it all crumble to his feet. He's a material witness to the coup attempt. He could have stopped it all by himself, but he took the coward's way out and he hid himself way up Trump's descending colon.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
6. Begging the question
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 11:00 AM
Jul 2021

Why do we bother with the MSM and cable noise? Turn the TeeVee off and stop watching the drama TV drivel.

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