Im sure progressives probably do spread false hoods but (Reply #38)

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38. Im sure progressives probably do spread false hoods but

Im sure progressives probably do spread false hoods but...

i dont frequently see evidence of this like I do from right wing entities.

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I grew up in a very red, rural community in the midwest. [View all]	yardwork	Dec 2016	OP
And a corporate, conservative media that promotes the false equivalence argument,	guillaumeb	Dec 2016	#1
Correct.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#3
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#9
I agree. I saw and heard it.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#14
Many claiming to be our side did one hell of a hatchet job on Hillary.	oasis	Dec 2016	#28
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Dec 2016	#31
"Voted for Hillary"? Only they know if they even voted at all.	oasis	Dec 2016	#37
No freakin' kidding!	calimary	Dec 2016	#105
You are so right on!!	Angry Dragon	Dec 2016	#96
Similar background, but it's simpler than that - they are stupid. That's why they believe that junk.	Hoyt	Dec 2016	#2
We're supposed to reach out to these folks, Hoyt!	yardwork	Dec 2016	#4
I hear you, but it's a waste of time, sorry.	Hoyt	Dec 2016	#6
Yeah, I was being sarcastic. It is indeed a waste of time.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#7
Salt of the Earth	Hunter Rose	Dec 2016	#87
I'm in a Deep South red state	Phoenix61	Dec 2016	#5
I'm not sure how we can reach the brainwashed and willfully ignorant.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#8
I found a way to get through to the ones that do not know me!	Dustlawyer	Dec 2016	#43
Good job!	InAbLuEsTaTe	Dec 2016	#82
that's the way to do i!	Locrian	Dec 2016	#86
Good tactic	lunatica	Dec 2016	#109
Welcome to DU, Phoenix61!	calimary	Dec 2016	#108
Thanks for the welcome	Phoenix61	Dec 2016	#116
Yes, yes, and yes!	radical noodle	Dec 2016	#118
Okay, well, this is MOST instructive information, radical noodle.	calimary	Dec 2016	#129
Know your enemy	radical noodle	Jan 2017	#135
One-point-six MILLION shares.	calimary	Jan 2017	#150
No doubt about it	radical noodle	Jan 2017	#151
There are a lot of stupid a$$ people who are gullible to lies	kimbutgar	Dec 2016	#10
Thank you!	betsuni	Dec 2016	#11
I heard comments of that sort from a surprising number	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#12
Please share your theory. Here's mine:	yardwork	Dec 2016	#13
That's a big part of it, I think.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#15
No politician is pure.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#17
True. But Hillary's impurities seemed to count against her	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#20
Confirmation bias. People believe what they want to believe.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#22
Maureen Dowd...	JHan	Dec 2016	#30
Women have always been required to be more "virtuous" than men.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#32
Yep. +100000	JHan	Dec 2016	#40
Agree	Canoe52	Dec 2016	#48
If she'd been caught on tape bragging about	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#50
You have nailed it.	LuckyLib	Dec 2016	#57
Absolutely. Did Biden/Kerry/Edwards/Gore get crucified by the left over the Welfare Reform Bill?	ehrnst	Dec 2016	#90
Exactly. Or the 1994 Crime Bill, which Sanders actually voted for. nt	SunSeeker	Dec 2016	#99
But, but, but.... Bernie didn't mean it!!! Hillary was sleeping with Bill at the time!!! (nt)	ehrnst	Dec 2016	#124
neither Gore nor Edwards voted for that bill	dsc	Dec 2016	#132
Thanks - Gore was head of the Senate, and was smiling in the photo of it being signed.(nt)	ehrnst	Jan 2017	#145
Here is a good article about HRC's speeches.	StevieM	Dec 2016	#46
Yes, it seems to give credence to the theory that if you repeat a lie	whathehell	Dec 2016	#102
This	DURHAM D	Dec 2016	#18
But they're willing to set aside that feeling to vote against the woman.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#19
yes, guns was a big part of the anit-H vote that is rarely discussed	Fast Walker 52	Dec 2016	#34
This. Nearly half of America is conservative Christian, built on misogyny.	Crash2Parties	Dec 2016	#21
The country was founded on two great crimes: theft of land from its	KingCharlemagne	Dec 2016	#59
You've nailed it, and this election of trump proves it will always be so. trump voters fell back . .	brush	Dec 2016	#91
The racism was "necessary" to maintain high profits. So was the revolution.	Crash2Parties	Dec 2016	#130
Sorry, but Christianity is no more "built on misogny" than Judaism or Islam	whathehell	Dec 2016	#84
Seriously? They're all built on it. Guess you never heard of hijabs?	brush	Dec 2016	#92
Yes, seriously...Thanks for making my point, lol.	whathehell	Dec 2016	#97
Adam and Eve. Also, in terms of sex/gender the Catholic Church is damn conservative	Crash2Parties	Dec 2016	#131
The Book of Genesis which contains the Adam & Eve story is part of Judaism	whathehell	Jan 2017	#136
Misogyny played a large role in this election	Gothmog	Dec 2016	#106
mommy issues.	mopinko	Dec 2016	#53
Similar here.	tammywammy	Dec 2016	#121
Yeah, I deal with these people, too.	herding cats	Dec 2016	#16
Yep	not fooled	Dec 2016	#52
Well said and described, not fooled.	Cha	Dec 2016	#66
No progressive I ever	zentrum	Dec 2016	#23
Just because you didn't hear it doesn't mean it didn't exist.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#24
Exactly, yardwork... I've seen it all too often. No FACTS whatsoever	Cha	Dec 2016	#67
+1000	progressoid	Dec 2016	#27
There were plenty of people who were legitimately concerned	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#29
You might want to check out ...	NanceGreggs	Dec 2016	#36
Thank you for bringing that into the light, Nance.. it really is mind	Cha	Dec 2016	#69
I knew plenty who spread lies from usuncut	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2016	#45
"Fake left" news is	zentrum	Dec 2016	#47
Ahh ok. I meant the types of people who call themselves	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2016	#49
You must be new here.	brush	Dec 2016	#94
As a matter of fact	zentrum	Dec 2016	#113
You're probably right. All those "corrupt, crooked and corporate whore remarks" must ...	brush	Dec 2016	#126
So they're extremely gullible.	milestogo	Dec 2016	#25
Confirmation bias. They were looking for excuses.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#26
yes, also, she wanted your GUNS!!!	Fast Walker 52	Dec 2016	#33
Funny thing, Obama was supposed to have taken them	The Velveteen Ocelot	Dec 2016	#39
it's almost like the rightwing just believes pure bullshit	Fast Walker 52	Dec 2016	#41
Far too many people are completely incapable of critical thinking.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Dec 2016	#35
Im sure progressives probably do spread false hoods but	lancelyons	Dec 2016	#38
You forgot a power hungry, "will do anything" woman for the Presidency.	DawgHouse	Dec 2016	#42
Was this before Obama took their guns and turned them gay	IronLionZion	Dec 2016	#44
But there are rural, very red communities in the Midwest	Oldtimeralso	Dec 2016	#55
Absolutely my experience in the rural west and southwest	Tumbulu	Dec 2016	#51
Meanwhile Hillary Clinton was born in the Midwest (Chicago), and served initially in the South....	George II	Dec 2016	#54
It suprises me everytime I see someone on FaceBook say	C Moon	Dec 2016	#56
I suspect that people believed all of these lies because they were already biased against Clinton.	Willie Pep	Dec 2016	#58
This really, REALLY, deserves to be its own OP and receive wide exposure. The	KingCharlemagne	Dec 2016	#61
I've thought about your points a lot. I've decided that I need to speak up more often.	yardwork	Jan 2017	#143
I would be surprised if these people could fine Benghazi on a map	MrScorpio	Dec 2016	#60
Yep. I tried to convince people on some local online forums a few months ago...	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#62
And, in the final analysis...	ailsagirl	Dec 2016	#63
That, and RUSSIA, because it can't be overstated that less than 1% in most swing	LaydeeBug	Dec 2016	#64
Thank you for this, yardwork! I've overheard similar	Cha	Dec 2016	#65
I've heard people say about Hillary...	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#70
They want to believe it.. they're repubs and it's easier to	Cha	Dec 2016	#72
They weren't always Republican, though.	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#73
I know.. the m$m has done a thorough job of getting	Cha	Dec 2016	#74
I'm pleased that MOST people voted for her!	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#75
I know.. right there with ya.. we were all shocked, literally,	Cha	Dec 2016	#80
Yeah. It was more shocking than Dumbya being elected twice for me.	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#81
I actually think that Comey did more than just tip a narrow race one way as opposed to the other.	StevieM	Jan 2017	#144
It boiled down to this?	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#78
Indeed	not fooled	Dec 2016	#100
Critical thinking and facts...	Buckeye_Democrat	Dec 2016	#101
Great meme	Gothmog	Dec 2016	#127
What a great thread. Can't rec it enough. This reminds	R B Garr	Dec 2016	#68
Another thing especially to your last sentence....	R B Garr	Dec 2016	#71
+1	Hekate	Dec 2016	#77
For crying out loud he treated her with kid gloves. I suppose he was supposed to coddle her?	dionysus	Dec 2016	#79
Like the time he said she was not qualified for office?	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2016	#83
Actually you are wrong-it was the Clinton campaign who handle Sanders with kid gloves	Gothmog	Dec 2016	#133
Hillary Clinton did not attack Sanders because his supporters over-reacted	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#134
They both acted poorly on that one. Booing the guy was rude. It was also low	dionysus	Jan 2017	#149
In reality, Bernie was the one coddled, mostly because he was not vetted.	R B Garr	Jan 2017	#146
K&R	Jamaal510	Dec 2016	#76
Why do millions of people believe these blatant falsehoods?	hamsterjill	Dec 2016	#85
I've heard all of the above. Details are always vague.	blue cat	Dec 2016	#88
I think that plenty of damning fiction could have been easily created about other Dem candidates	ehrnst	Dec 2016	#89
Like the song says	TNNurse	Dec 2016	#93
It is those who style themselves	BlueMTexpat	Dec 2016	#95
Not just rural red places-- low info voters were at least hearing these fake stories everywhere	andym	Dec 2016	#98
I have personally experienced these people and you are correct.	Eliot Rosewater	Dec 2016	#103
Good OP, yardwork.	brer cat	Dec 2016	#104
No, The Systems Not Totally Rigged. But That Idea Sure Helped Donald Trump.	Gothmog	Dec 2016	#107
Except its NOT a bogus claim	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2016	#114
Sanders was rejected soundly by Jewish, African and Latino votes	Gothmog	Dec 2016	#120
"Sanders helped get trump elected"	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2016	#123
In the real world in past primary contests, the candidates were all actual members of the party	Gothmog	Dec 2016	#128
Sanders was absolutely right, he needed to run as a Democrat	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2017	#142
So you are proud of Sanders efforts to get Trump elected	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#153
I can't argue with someone with such a vicious predetermined opinion	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2017	#154
Then prove me wrong- the facts are clear that Sanders helped elect trump	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#157
Bernie's platform was unrealistic and there was no revolution	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#158
You're confused	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2017	#159
There is so much wrong in this post that it is hard to pick	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#160
So once again...you do not believe that the system is rigged at all in favor of the wealthy?	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2017	#162
I was a delegate to the national convention	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#163
The DNC had nothing to do with the fact that Jewish, African American and Latino voters rejected	Gothmog	Jan 2017	#161
Because they read the Enquirer	dreamland	Dec 2016	#110
I have to say	sammcgee68	Dec 2016	#111
I'm with you. Way too much Sanders, and Sander supporters, bashing	LiberalLovinLug	Dec 2016	#112
Did you mean to respond to my OP? I said nothing about Sanders.	yardwork	Dec 2016	#117
+1000	n2doc	Dec 2016	#119
No offense, sam, but this is called hijacking a thread	mtnsnake	Jan 2017	#138
Thank you. My OP is not directed at Sanders or the primaries.	yardwork	Jan 2017	#141
"We live in a world of radical ignorance" Robert Proctor	CousinIT	Dec 2016	#115
Heard a similar story just today	DeminPennswoods	Dec 2016	#122
They heard that "flawed" argument	radical noodle	Dec 2016	#125
"Because millions of people deliberately spread the lies"	mtnsnake	Jan 2017	#137
Thanks! I did leave out the gun issue by accident. The NRA was busy this year.	yardwork	Jan 2017	#140
Thank you, everyone, for your responses.	yardwork	Jan 2017	#139
"They don't know or care what the word deplorable means."	Goblinmonger	Jan 2017	#147
It's a statement of fact, based on my personal experience.	yardwork	Jan 2017	#148
These people can believe	ellie	Jan 2017	#152
She abdicated for 2/3 of the year. She never showed up to campaign in Swing States.	libdem4life	Jan 2017	#155
From what I understand 80k Red votes in one state, equals 2 million Blue votes in another state.	Rex	Jan 2017	#156

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