Friday, July 29, 2016

An appeal to common sense so we don't help Trump

If I by mistake post something that is false or made up news please let me know. If you do so please provide a link I can use. I will not be offended and if your information proves that I did indeed post something bogus I will immediately remove the post.
I know I can be very passionate about keeping Donald Trump out of office and it may annoy many but I feel strongly the man is unfit to run out country. I believe the best way to counter the lies put forth by Trump and his supporters is with facts that expose the lies. The use of lies or hoaxes can only undermine the effort to stop Donald Trump.
I believe we should not fall for fake news put out and use such news for any argument or to chastise anyone except for the person from whom the hoax originated.
In this age when information can travel around the world in an instant, we must keep in mind that misinformation, lies, travel just as fast. We live in a time now where the world seems to be in turmoil made worse by people who create turmoil on their computers by manipulating factual information until it becomes a lie then disseminates that lie to the world via the Internet. We live in a world that is fast pace and as such many of us do not check the information from the Internet we depend so much upon. In doing so we run the risk of spreading news, rumor, or facts that are not true thereby influencing others in a negative way that the originator was hoping for; we in fact do the job of the enemy of truth.
We also run the risk of bringing anger and hate onto an innocent group by reacting to the lie by chastising a person or group who never committed the act the hoax claims they did. The best thing is to not comment on a news item you see posted by any organization you do not recognize, such as major newspapers or broadcasters, without first verifying its authenticity. If you find such a news post or video do not comment on any of the content but to say it is a lie or a hoax and explain how you know this providing resources if you can. To comment on its contact, even to condemn a type of action it supposedly shows, will lead some to believe it is true or you would not have complained of the action it shows.
This is an election not being fought with campaign ads where one side uses facts to discredit their opponent like we have seen in the past, but one where a campaign is using propaganda based on actual lies, denial of facts to play on the fears of voters and try and discredit a campaign that uses factual data. Trump's campaign is counting on people being to busy or just not caring to check his information. His campaign is being run by a spin doctor who has worked for dictators around the world. He worked for the former president of the Ukraine who is an ally of Putin and is now in exile in Russia. In doing so Paul Manafort learned new propaganda techniques from his Russian counterparts and he is putting them to use for this campaign. The major tactics is to so derision among the population, convince large portions of the population that things are worse than they are and only one person can save them. These are the tactics used to put dictators in office.
I ask you to consider this before you believe anything on the Internet and ask your friends and loved ones to do the same.
God Bless

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