{"id":72837,"date":"2019-12-17T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72837"},"modified":"2020-11-09T07:26:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T13:26:03","slug":"chanting-points-memo-lets-make-a-list-2020-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72837","title":{"rendered":"Chanting Points Memo:  Let&#8217;s Make A List, 2020 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=72799\">noted the other day that &#8220;progressives&#8221; seem to have only read-only memory<\/a>; once they get a point in their heads, regardless of veracity or logic, it just stays there.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/chanting_points_200px.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21243\" width=\"196\" height=\"146\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It has literally gotten to the point where the politicians and pundits of Big Left don&#8217;t even bother trying to convince people with any basis in fact or critical thinking skills; their entire message is repeating Big Lies often and loudly enough to convince the invincibly ignorant and browbeat the underinformed and insecure.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T<strong>he mission today<\/strong>:   add to the list.  What are the lies, one line at a time, that Big Left gets the ignorant and the authoritarian to believe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll start below &#8211; but leave more in the comments.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cTrump\u2019s election was illegitimate!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019ve got more \u2018gun violence\u2019 now than ever before!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe \u2018Republican War on Women&#8217;\u201d<\/li>\n<li>There are 57 genders<\/li>\n<li>America is a racist nation<\/li>\n<li>America is an antisemitic nation<\/li>\n<li>America&#8217;s past is a uniquely terrible thing<\/li>\n<li>Trump supported neo-Nazis at Charlottesville<\/li>\n<li>Socialism lifts people from poverty; the free market does not<\/li>\n<li>Obamacare benefitted more people than it harmed<\/li>\n<li>Slavery in America was uniquely more terrible than slavery elsewhere<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNixon won because all the racists came over to the GOP, and stayed\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNobody\u2019s coming for your guns!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Boys and girls are identical in every way.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;White privilege&#8221;, rather than class privilege, is a suffocating force in society.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019ve got\u00a0<em>twelve years\u00a0<\/em>to solve manmade global warming!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIncreasing public school funding directly benefits The Children!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Racism is in America&#8217;s very cultural DNA<\/li>\n<li>Religious faith is ignorance &#8211; it has nothing to do with meaning, merely a crutch for the intellectually vacant.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Blacks are more likely to be shot by police than whites<\/li>\n<li>Voter ID = &#8220;Voter Suppression&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The Second Amendment was intended to defend slavery\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Rape culture dominates colleges &#8211; 1 in 5 women at colleges are raped or otherwise sexually assaulted<\/li>\n<li>Women are paid 3\/4 as much as men for the same work<\/li>\n<li>\u201cChildren! In cages! It\u2019s Trump\u2019s fault!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>LIfe only begins when the baby emerges from the birth canal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\u201c90% of the people want \u201cuniversal\u201d background checks on guns!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAbortion is about womens\u2019 health!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTrump attacked women!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 12\/18:\u00a0<\/strong>Adding reader comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump trying to appeal to black voters is voter suppression!<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThere\u2019s evidence that Trump has committed crimes!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cImpeachment is a serious inquiry into Presidential abuse of power.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe must remove Trump to preserve Constitutional norms.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The \u201cScandal free Obama administration.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJimmy Carter was a good president.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Social spending is &#8220;an investment&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Immigrants are a benefit to society (as a blanket statement)<\/li>\n<li>Gay marriage is all about love.\u00a0 Not politics.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>School choice\u00a0<em>hurts\u00a0<\/em>poor people<\/li>\n<li>Trump had sex with \u201cStormy Daniels.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Trump paid Daniels hush money, Daniels did not blackmail Trump<\/li>\n<li>There is 97% scientific consensus on global warming<\/li>\n<li>All of our problems can be solved by raising taxes on the wealthy<\/li>\n<li>That\u2019s not who we are!<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019re on the right side of history<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If ________ saves the life of\u00a0<em>just one child<\/em>&#8221; then some usurpation, oppression or indignity is &#8220;worth it&#8221;.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What else?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Please respond in the comments.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Responses that are not direct answers to the question &#8211; i.e. Democrat chanting points &#8211; will be removed.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noted the other day that &#8220;progressives&#8221; seem to have only read-only memory; once they get a point in their heads, regardless of veracity or logic, it just stays there. 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