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42. they're the secondary and tertiary recipients of the talk radio propaganda in 40 states x 80 senato
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 01:51 AM
Sep 2018

get their attention by protesting and boycotting the rw radio stations that malinform the idiots that they end up listening to around election time.

the apathetic and too busy get the buzz, and the buzz in many states is generated from `1500 unchallenged radio stations that 'city folk' have no clue about.

So I talked with 3 random Americans.... [View all] DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 OP
Yup, run into low-information, non-voters all the time... have to find a way to grab their attention InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #1
What news sites do you recommend? DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #2
Possible sites??? alwaysinasnit Sep 2018 #3
They won't follow news sites. Direct them to Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Doonesbury, etc. meadowlander Sep 2018 #4
Excellent suggestion! betsuni Sep 2018 #6
Bill Maher in a pinch if they're a libertarian. meadowlander Sep 2018 #8
People who have their faces glued to phones mnhtnbb Sep 2018 #14
I've actually been recommending DemocraticUnderground.com. Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #10
totally tunsie bdamomma Sep 2018 #40
They don't care. trc Sep 2018 #9
I hear ya, or as I like to say, usin Shrub mispeak, never misunderestimate the stupidity of the InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #17
Bring back civics classes in middle or high school! Everyone should have to learn luvtheGWN Sep 2018 #26
One way to grab their attention is to point out that the MO repugs rolled back increases in ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #32
they're the secondary and tertiary recipients of the talk radio propaganda in 40 states x 80 senato certainot Sep 2018 #42
some people would just prefer to do other things. like have fun JI7 Sep 2018 #5
Well, It's The Kardashians LandOfHopeAndDreams Sep 2018 #7
Would be funny if it weren't so true!! We're completely fucked... don't see how this country InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #19
Its easy to forget we are a minority of political junkies here Kilgore Sep 2018 #15
Sad, but true... basically what I've been sayin'. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #20
Not useful idots Kilgore Sep 2018 #22
The desire to "write off" these non-voters stems from the same late empire decadence DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #11
There was a time I'd be right there with you... not sure anymore TBH. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #21
No beer for you! :-) DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #23
haha, okay... InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2018 #31
I do this all the time since every time I go out I wear BigmanPigman Sep 2018 #12
I was talking to one of those (between her peeks at her phone) and casually mentioned the Census... TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 #13
DU should take all its brain power and formulate a "reach out" meme package DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #24
If you've ever watched Jimmy Kimmel's occasional luvtheGWN Sep 2018 #29
People like this also never vote. Oneironaut Sep 2018 #16
See above! :-) DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #25
Would they say that bdamomma Sep 2018 #41
k and r Achilleaze Sep 2018 #18
Good post. I would offer one caveat/correction based on my discussion with "random Americans" ... KPN Sep 2018 #27
Luckily at the food bank ChazII Sep 2018 #28
Most people want to be entertained and don't want to think at all. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #30
Every election I hear the dem party talking about going after the undecided voter. CrispyQ Sep 2018 #33
Thank you for the apt graphic! DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #34
Slogans like "healthy forests" & "clear skies" work, even when they are lies. CrispyQ Sep 2018 #35
Agreed. Whose our (more enlightened and honest) version of Carl Rove? DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #36
Michael Moore's latest zentrum Sep 2018 #38
Smart Bumper sign. zentrum Sep 2018 #37
Been hollering for years that monied Dems need to mount a public education PR push.. Grasswire2 Sep 2018 #39
Whether they are low-information voters or just people frightened of a world they don't understand, Nitram Sep 2018 #43
Howard Dean credited having the minimum wage increase NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #44
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