The Power of Misinformation

To the typical liberal (or even the typical moderate,) many claims made by the Right can be, well, bonkers.

From "fags are all child molesters," to "Planned Parenthood loves to kill babies," and let's not forget "The ACLU is destroying freedom," it can be mindboggling. None of these things are true. The typical, sane, rational person knows that.

Yet the craziest conservatives continue to pump this misinformation out there. The person who would actually believe these things won't give their "facts" a second look or a moment of research to uncover the truth.

I'm going to. I have access to a crazy number of mailings, pamphlets, polls, and propaganda from conservative groups, and I think it's time share their tactics with you all. The misinformation, the carefully phrased words, the fear, the bigotry, and the flat out lies they use is not only appalling, it must somehow be effective. They keep doing it.

So let's make it very clear how wrong wrong wrong it is. Welcome to my blog. You might want to wear galoshes.