Posted on 01/05/2015 3:58:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Political attacks have really gone to the dogs.
They used to have more style and substance. It was considered bad form to just weave an attack out of whole cloth, counting on the fact that the mark was so despised by a segment of society that people would be anxious to believe the worst.
It used to be that when you wanted to sling mud at someone whose politics you didn't agree with -- chiefly as a way of making them look bad and yourself look good by comparison -- you'd try to dig up dirt, find a skeleton in a closet or challenge the person's integrity.
These days, you don't have to work that hard. The whole process is do-it-yourself. You just go to Facebook and see what embarrassing family photos can be linked to the person you intend to slime. The target doesn't even have to be in the photo. Just the fact that they posted it, or thought it was humorous, or in any way condoned the act is good enough.
In our narcissistic look-at-me-and-mine culture, social media networks are veritable treasure chests of blunders, blushes and blemishes. Even with our best efforts to use these sites to showcase our best features, there is plenty of embarrassment to go around.
Once you find the photos, you do a little cut and paste. Then you can scribble a few sentences about how shocked -- shocked! -- you are that people could behave in such a manner. Be sure to include a line from the head of some nonprofit that raises funds by advancing the idea that, without a group like theirs, our entire society would be in dire straits....
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The Democrats make me laugh with their “War on women” campaign when they and their media lapdogs have been waging war on Mama Grizzly and her family nonstop since 2008.
Depends on the dog. Depends on ignoring 5000 years of human/dog interaction.
Generally, yea. It’s more concern troll nonsense when a black lab is involved and a kid is doing the standing.
Picking on a Downs Syndrome child is a new low for liberals. They now look up to the worms that will refuse to eat their carcass. And wish that they were as enlightened as the worms.
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