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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I just think those that preface it with “I’m fighting disinformation, I’m not convincing him I’m convincing readers who might be convinced by him blah blah blah” are fooling themselves. Just admit you like mocking Yoho. He’s easy to mock. It’s fun. It’s all fun and games here. No one is changing the world.
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I fight with myself over this premise a lot. I understand what you are saying, but advertising is a multibillion dollar brainwashing industry for a reason. Companies don't spend millions to have their ad's in every single commercial break for the fun of it - they know that if they keep hammering the same message over and over it changes peoples views on it.
So when I look at Yoho's posts, there is a group of people who think its all BS and ignore it or mock him, there's a group that totally agree and don't say anything or risk reprisal, and there is a group that doesn't know any better - and if no one is responding to dispute the posts, then that last group will start to move into the agree group.
I balance this knowing that CP is mostly a closed system, I don't think there are a lot of drive by readers going to the political forums, and most people will have an idea of where they stand already.
But unlike the message I just watched on youtube from Rebecca Shultz where most of it is half truths or no context, there is no reply, you just get hammered with it. At least here there is discourse where misinformation can be refuted.
So, I don't agree with Yoho's views but I think he should be free to post whatever he wants, and people should be free to take those views apart. Banning and ignoring opposing viewpoints doesn't lead to discourse, only resentment. I think the name calling is getting out of hand, but if he wants to post a tweet with no context and someone has a logical argument why its disinformation then I think both have a place in any open forum. His silence on most of these rebuttals just illustrates how fragile his position is most of the time.