r/SipsTea • u/ExactlySorta • 8h ago

Chugging tea REPORTER: “Trump’s popularity is very low, diesel prices are very high, the war he started isn’t going well… is he using you as a scapegoat for his own problems?” ZELENSKY: ...

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u/Crafty-Help-4633 6h ago

Because he said he would and that's all MAGA needs. They don't need facts or information. They believed it because they're in a cult.

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u/mind_mischief_89 6h ago

Democrat politicians need to just start lying to R voters then, since they are so gullible

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u/King_of_the_Kobolds 5h ago

No because then all of a sudden Fox and other media outlets will get very good at exposing lies and showing receipts.

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u/Inside_Mention_402 2m ago

Good! At least people will start remembering how to use their discernment. That re-discovered skill may carry over to the republican lies as well.

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u/vi_sucks 4h ago

This is what i've been saying.

The problem is that the Democrats kinda built the party around being sensible and honest, so they don't really have that dirty tricks machinery any more.

What we need is for some dark art magician to start up a fake MAGA PAC, soak up a bunch of donations and then spend it all on Democrats. These people are just begging to get their pockets ran. And it would work both ways, first by taking their money and putting it to good use, and second by making them suspicious of other MAGA grifters.

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u/totalkpolitics 2h ago

The issue to me is...that normal people who have real concerns are being manipulated by algorithms and mis/disinformation. They fall into a cycle where they are told one thing, but it's not true. By the time they fully understand what they were told and the truth, it's too late.

It's much like the concept of a lie on social media spreading far and wide before the truth comes out, but the truth always fails to reach the same people. So people are left believing a lie.

We need some goddamn laws to prevent this bullshit from causing unfounded support for con artists. A bill that requires truth or causes fines for regular people and HUGE fines for companies.

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u/Crafty-Help-4633 2h ago

I wholeheartedly agree.

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u/Plum-Cheap 2h ago

No, they are not the cult. It`s a "vote blue no matter who" crowd are the cult.

The fact is, democrats doing nothing to stop the war. They don`t even try.