Me too. But I still think there's a place for this stuff here, because it IS what's out there.
And if somebody doesn't care to read it, and I ofteh don't -- or perhaps just skim it-- then they should just not click on it.
One reason why I do click on these articles, when I do, is that I'm hoping that some Freepers will have intelligent responses -- new info or ways to debunk them.
What I find tedious is the constant attacking of the posters, calling them concern trolls and such.
Maybe they are concerned, and disturbed by what they read an hear out there, and they're looking for some positive Freeper responses to lift their spirits, because it does get depressing hearing all this stuff, and hearing Hillary's lies.
To me, attacking the poster and arguing that a NYT (or some other lefty source) articles shouldn't be posted seems like denial that really concerns me. I remember too well the denial about all the polls in 2012, when we were all convinced that Romney would win.
You’re right that these examples of MSM or #neverTrump at its worst, sometimes serve a purpose, i.e., stimulating intelligent debate about how to debunk.
Also, if it’s much needed sober realism in the face of FR delusion, as in your Romney example, then yes, more power to you.
But that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about posters who post propaganda unedited with no barf alert, no commentary, or if there is commentary, it seems to support the propaganda, as with unrebutted references to Trump’s “gaffs”.
Trump has not been making gaffs. The MSM and #nevertrumps have been taking Trump’s reasonable comments out of context and reporting them as gaffs and missteps, engineering bad poll results to reinforce the narrative, and inventing a meme that Trump is imploding due to his propensity for causing self inflicted wounds.
This is all to reinforce the idea that he is a reckless and dangerous idiot who should never be allowed near the nuclear codes. These daily and hourly hit pieces go completely unrebutted, unless Hannity, Dobbs or we on FR do it.
Posting these hit pieces on FR uneditead and with no barf alert, is only FR posters aiding and abetting the left.
What ever happened to the barf alert? Unless the poster agrees with the article they are posting, I’d think a barf alert and or /s sarcasm tag would be in order.