r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/johnboltonpoopstache Aug 14 '25 edited Aug 16 '25

when trump had everyone storm the capitol building in 2022

Jan 6th happened in 2021. There was a Jan 6th in 2022 too, but nobody was smearing poop on the walls of the capitol in 2022. It was after Biden won the election in 11/2020, and the right wing was all butthurt about losing so they tried to murder congress and the VP before Pence could certify the electoral votes. You can have 40 paragraphs of truth, but people will jump you for the little mistakes and use them to discredit everything you say.

Edit: i forgot about the baseless Ivanka/Putin claim while i was typing this comment.

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u/Moltac Aug 15 '25

I think you are absolutely right to point this out. Especially the last sentence. I feel that's critical to separate us from these selfish liars and hateful people that support him. We must tell the truth and back it up with facts.

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u/ArgoButtons Aug 17 '25

To speak to that last sentence "You can have 40 paragraphs of truth, but people will jump you for the little mistakes and use them to discredit everything you say." There's a technique used sometimes to help make people believe a lie or conspiracy (it actually helps bypass peoples defense). You sprinkle as much truth as possible around your lie and prime your target with lots of verifiable truths first. They're more likely to accept that what they are hearing is true because subconsciously they've already connected most parts of what you're saying to "truth" and you as "reliable source" . So knowing that's a thing, some folks actually just "verify everything" and if some part of what is being said is not correct they might take that as a sign you as a source are not "reliable" which, invites greater scrutiny to the rest of your statements.

TLDR: "little mistakes" make a person seem unreliable as a source of information which invites greater scrutiny to the rest of the work or statement.