• Flying SquidOP
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    294 months ago

    Do explain how Medhi Hasan is “the propaganda.” He doesn’t even work for any major media company. He founded his own company.

    • @vxx
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      254 months ago

      He’s wrong anyway, the green party isn’t a threat to any of the parties, but it’s designed to shape off 1-3% off the democratic vote to help republicans.

      • @FlexibleToast
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        You said it’s not a threat and then gave a reason it is actually a threat.

        • Cadeillac
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          4 months ago

          they are becoming popular enough to threat red and blue

          Context clues

          it’s designed to

          Doesn’t mean it works

            • Flying SquidOP
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              34 months ago

              Are you under the bizarre idea that Al Gore is influencing Lemmy?

                  • @FlexibleToast
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                    14 months ago

                    I mean if you’re ignoring the context of the election and 2000, then maybe you can make that leap.

        • @TrickDacy
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          44 months ago

          That was a different commenter…?

          • @FlexibleToast
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            04 months ago

            No, that commenter literally said they’re not a threat and then gave the exact reason the green party is a threat to democrats.

              • @FlexibleToast
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                -24 months ago

                Are you saying that something helping the republicans isn’t a threat to democrats? Or are you saying it’s not enough to help because you’ve already forgotten the lesson from 2000?

                • @TrickDacy
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                  64 months ago

                  No… I’m saying you’re mistaking two different commenters as one

                  • @FlexibleToast
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                    -34 months ago

                    No… Because I’m only referring to one post.

                    He’s wrong anyway, the green party isn’t a threat to any of the parties, but it’s designed to shape off 1-3% off the democratic vote to help republicans.

                    I’ll break it down for you. The first part of the post literally says this:

                    the green party isn’t a threat to any of the parties

                    And then the very next part of the same sentence is:

                    but it’s designed to shape off 1-3% off the democratic vote to help republicans

                    Which is exactly what I pointed out. It starts by saying the green party isn’t a threat and then gives the exact reason why it is a threat.

                • Cadeillac
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                  14 months ago

                  Why are you making stuff up?

                  the votes of Florida voters themselves show that Ralph Nader was not responsible for George W. Bush’s presidency

                  What does Florida’s fuckery have to do with independents?

                  • @FlexibleToast
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                    -14 months ago

                    I don’t understand that conclusion. According to their table there, Gore lost by ~550 votes and Nader had over 90,000 votes. Do you really think those votes would have been evenly split?

            • Cadeillac
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              24 months ago

              A threat is viable. They are not

    • @[email protected]
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      -224 months ago

      Flying Squid you have been around here for enough time to know what propaganda is so don’t play the fool. There’s clearly a bias in which news get posted and reach the frontpage and that’s a direct and indirect result of the propaganda. How many news about third parties did you post up to a month ago?

      • Flying SquidOP
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        154 months ago

        The “bias” on Lemmy is that people use their personal biases to post an article they feel is interesting. If other people agree, they upvote it.

        There’s no propaganda there. Lemmy just isn’t designed to cater to you personally.

        • @[email protected]
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          -154 months ago

          There’s no propaganda there.

          The fediverse has grown enough to draw biggest corporations in the world attention. Expect propaganda to be here too and expect people to repost here propaganda they get from other websites. I wonder where you got this news from.

          • Flying SquidOP
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            84 months ago

            As a mod constantly dealing with spammers, I can tell you that that’s just a silly assertion.