Thank you for posting this, and I hope the thread stays alive for a long time. I have wondered the same thing, and have some insights from social media over this election campaign.
A few observations, in no particular order, and subject to further comments.
1. The sound bite. It can be false, but it is catchy. Once the sound bite is imbibed, anything coming from the other side of the argument — no matter how logical or factual — can be easily deflected by the liberal with NO FURTHER EFFORT. No need to engage the brain. Just spit back the phrase of the day. Whew that was so easy! Deflect the “attack”. Now back to all the propaganda sites that will reaffirm them. That confirmation bias is HUGE with the liberals, as I have observed over the past year especially.
2. Cognitive dissonance. Liberals who are otherwise decent people, who work hard and themselves “care”, entertain in their minds conflicting realities. To make sure they do not have to face their own cognitive dissonance, sound bite deflection and confirmation from others who have been propagandized as they have, are very powerful. Those together will easily keep them penned into the Clinton camp, at least for this election cycle. There is no time to deprogram them.
3. Of course the media having taken up the task to merely repeat the liberal daily talking points and sound bites, enable greatly both of the above causes.
4. The media have greatly overstepped their bounds, and somehow we have to go above it, over it, under it, through it, to get the TRUTH out to as many people as possible. Trump’s own phenomenal determination, the new media that each of us participates in to get the TRUTH out, I believe are making a difference. It is not the Hillary die-hards we have to convince, but some relatively small number of Independents and undecideds. Those are the ones I try to share the TRUTH with on social media.
Without the propaganda and unbalanced media, Trump would be far ahead. His message resonates! Instead I still see a number of my own friends and family who are NeverHillary, but have STILL absorbed the media bias of Trump, an heroic man, as some type of comic character. IOW they are not programmed enough to accept Clinton! but unbeknownst to themselves, have accepted the characterization of the media and the left about Trump, as some kind of unqualified boor.
My approach to them is varied. Communicate the disaster Hillary would be (war, corruption, etc.) to lead them to make their own conclusion that she can only be stopped by Trump. They are now idealistically in the 3d party camp. Which is not an alternative strong enough to keep the corrupt Clintons out of the White House. I do believe some of them will vote for Trump, although they are now holding out hope for the alternative. WHO would ALSO be as savagely attacked as Trump now is (as I point out to them) if he had any chance to win!
Then other part is to defend Trump, to further state that anyone else could have won the nomination with the same principles and the same guts to FIGHT for them.
Then further to remind them that the attacks on Trump are NOT about Morals or about Truth, but ONLY about politics, power, and the politics of personal destruction.
I stay reasonable; I do not call people names; I am gracious. But I stand up to them. I call them out for having only smut and name-calling. I refuse to be “pussy whipped” by other women, who say that as a woman, you have to reject Trump! HA! I call them out, that I am a person who happens to be female, with a mind of my own, capable of making decisions including all factors, and do not appreciate the likes of them to try to shame me!
Sorry this is longer than I intended. For what it is worth.
GO TRUMP!
Very well done, have you ever read the screw tape letters? What you have said is so close to that, two demons correspond in this book, a senior demon teaching a young demon how to convince a person to reject the gospel, they go to great links to deceive but the moment they reveal their hand, that they exist, all is lost. What you have said is so close to that (in how the media works). I like what you said very much.