{"id":1301,"date":"2015-08-09T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2015\/08\/the-power-of-propaganda-is-in-the-weak-minded.html"},"modified":"2015-08-09T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T10:48:00","slug":"the-power-of-propaganda-is-in-the-weak-minded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2015\/08\/the-power-of-propaganda-is-in-the-weak-minded.html","title":{"rendered":"The power of propaganda is in the weak minded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

And the willing minded. \u00a0Propaganda won\u2019t work without those two groups. People ill-informed or ill-educated who believe the unbelievable. \u00a0And people who are smart, intelligent, informed or educated who know it\u2019s BS, but promote it anyway because it serves its purpose. <\/p>\n

So, based on the popular liberal narrative, the narrative assumed by our media establishment, the following is true: <\/p>\n

This is the party of old, gray haired, close minded and like thinking bigoted, backward looking, white men:<\/p>\n

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And this is the party of youthful, inclusive, diverse and open minded politicians all about the future and welcoming different views:<\/p>\n

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See how that works? \u00a0The evidence is clear that the GOP has, once again, fielded a spectacularly diverse field, filled with a variety of ages, genders, races and viewpoints. \u00a0The Democrats have, once again, fielded a group of individuals like thinking on almost every major issue, whose average age (65.5 years) \u00a0rivals the oldest GOP candidates of the past who were subtly attacked because of their advanced years, and except for Hillary (almost as old as Reagan when he ran in 1980 and Democrats said he was too old), a bunch of gray haired white guys (O\u2019Malley being the youngster at 52 years old). \u00a0And yet, the basic unspoken assumption is that the Democrats are the real party of the future and inclusion and diversity, the GOP the homogeneous party of old white guys all about the past.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Propaganda. \u00a0It\u2019s used because it works. \u00a0And it works because of the weak, and the willing, minded. \u00a0Hence, informed and highly educated people in a very advanced nation could see this:<\/div>\n
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And still believe this:<\/div>\n
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Sort of makes you wonder how many actually believed it. \u00a0Truth be told, I wonder how many people today actually believe what we\u2019re told we must believe. \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And the willing minded. \u00a0Propaganda won\u2019t work without those two groups. People ill-informed or ill-educated who believe the unbelievable. \u00a0And people who are smart, intelligent, informed or educated who know it\u2019s BS, but promote it anyway because it serves its purpose. So, based on the popular liberal narrative, the narrative assumed by our media establishment, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe power of propaganda is in the weak minded<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"And the willing minded.  Propaganda won't work without those two groups. 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