(05-29-2019 09:39 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 08:46 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  I'll bet if you polled a bunch of people and asked them "Who is more likely to post something on facebook that many would consider racist... a conservative or a liberal", the vast majority of people would answer "conservative".

Well, that IS the way the propaganda goes. Propaganda is a very powerful thing. Hitler had millions of Germans convinced that Jews were subhuman, after bombarding them with that message for years. So the constant bombardment from CNN, MSNBC, Congressional Democrats and late night comics has its effect. Especially on people who listen to those sources a lot and respect them.

I am sure that most liberals, knowing nothing about me, consider me racist. I know because they keep telling me that I am racist. Some even tell me that I am racist against Hispanics. After all, I am white and conservative. Kind of the left's definition of racist.

What do they need to know about me? Just that I am not liberal, and I am not black. Enough to earn me the racist label, as 93 says.

Remind me where I "said" this?

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Their opinions, based on stereotypes, do not reflect reality. Brainwashed people give the answers they are supposed to give, not necessarily accurate ones.

Them saying it is so does not make it so. No more than you being called a Commie makes you a Communist.

What 93 so accurately posits is correct. Right or wrong, they would answer as trained. But their opinion would be based on innuendo and stereotype as reinforced by media. Not real world facts.

I didn't say this poll would be accurate, but that it would likely reflect the general consensus that racist facebook posts are more likely to come from conservatives than liberals. George is the only person that I've known to propose the opposite situation and I found it surprising.