Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by lazyeye on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:38AM (#42058691)

You start off by saying these people arent stupid, then go on to suggest they are easily manipulated by (what you think is) misinformation. Just not smart, like you I guess? Honestly, I think the kind of people you are sneering at are actually smarter than you as they would never make the kind of stupid, ignorant comment you've made here.

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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by runarberg on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:50AM (#42058870)

Being susceptible to propaganda (or a scam for that matter) isn’t stupidity. We are all susceptible to it. It just varies which propaganda and to what degree.

I never called Trump voters stupid. I think there may be a misunderstanding here because traditional discourse has people believe that only stupid people fall for misinformation propaganda (or a scam). I was explicitly rejecting that.

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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by lazyeye on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:11AM (#42060087)

Is it possible that you are the one that has been manipulated by misinformation? Is it possible that people can disagree with you without "misinformation" being involved?

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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by runarberg on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:37AM (#42060435)

Oh, there is no doubt in my mind that I’m susceptible to propaganda, including misinformation campaigns.

However misinformation campaigns are a fact of social media. There are several documented cases of misinformation spreading. It is possible that I have just been lied to about that the media et.all lied about the scale and severity of misinformation and I believed it (although, wouldn’t that be a misinformation campaign which proofs their existence?)

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