If everyone sits together at the SOTU, the Diamond tactic will be used visual, without any ability for opposition to provide a response. The picture book of images presented to those who are not savvy or aware of the propaganda will go down like fresh water to a thirsty man).
If Democrats rise, with Republicans, Tea Partiers and Independents remaining seated in between, will not the Democrats be seens as the positive ‘civil’ members being polite to the POTUS by definition?
If you were at a concert, and people started rising around you in a standing ovation, but you were not so convinced or even disagreed, would you, too, rise out of a sense of politeness? What VISUAL message does NOT doing that send?
You watch. The Dems will all wear the same color. White, or, gold. Or purple. Some red and blue combination that, when seen as a group on tv, has a scent of the American flag’s stars and stripes.
In short, the Dems will create a picture book, with the Republicans not rising in applause appearing rude, uncivil or otherwise simply NOT SEEN AT ALL.
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Excellent post. Ping.
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Am saving this one for my personal notes and to pass along to my son.
Thanks, guys.
Merry Christmas!
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CB, Time to bump your topic to the top again!
Note to the Dear Reader: Please do yourself a massive favor and read and bookmark post #71 in this topic!
Kindest Regards,
Megan
This is excellent. The link, however, does not work.
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bkmrk
I observed the tactic for real at a town meeting for Congressman Roe
The dispersion provides a false view of numbers
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interesting
I am bumping this important and informative post from 2011 because lately I am seeing the tactics outlined in this post being used on Free Republic.
More and more I am noticing that if I post a response or a critical comment to a pro-Russian or pro-Putin FR account I am not getting a response from that account.
Nope, instead I am getting a chorus of other accounts responding to the comment as if it had been posted to them.
The glaring detail here is that the intended recipient never responds at all.
I am seeing this in my posts today (feel free to see for yourself) and the pattern made me recall this informative post from 2011 by combat_boots (hat tip!)
In short, the more these people try to act like a chorus the more I am starting to think many of these posters are the same people pretending to be a crowd.
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