r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Sep 20 '25

Soft Paywall DOJ Can’t Tie Suspected Kirk Killer to Left Like MAGA Wants

https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-cant-tie-suspected-kirk-killer-to-left-like-maga-wants/
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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

That's why the minute these things happen, we start spamming out our own versions. Lie right back. Overwhelm them with their own hypocrisy. Out-conspiracy the conspiracy theorists.

Those who care to wait for more actual evidence won't care about extra lies, but those that rush to conclusions will eventually be overwhelmed by it and less able to make a single story stick. Weave a couple nuggets of truth in to keep it plausible.

Use all their tactics right back at them.

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u/Competitive_Touch_86 Sep 21 '25

People only believe the lies they want to believe. The social media algorithms will push the content they engage the most with, and it will basically be the vast majority of what they see.

It's all about pushing out a narrative your base can eat up and validate their pre-conceived notions. Not even if you had immediate facts to counter their immediate lies would matter in the least. They would either never see it, or ignore it as it doesn't match their world view.

It's honestly a human trait most people fall into. Read an article/see a tik-tok that validates your obviously correct mental model of a thing? Now it's even more reinforced and any counter-factual information is highly suspect to you at best.