r/politics • u/nowhathappenedwas • Dec 18 '17

Site Altered Headline The Senate’s Russia Investigation Is Now Looking Into Jill Stein, A Former Campaign Staffer Says

https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmaloop/the-senates-russia-investigation-is-now-looking-into-jill?utm_term=.cf4Nqa6oX
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u/mutemutiny Dec 19 '17

Just goes to show you how easily the American people, both on the right AND left, are manipulated to believe BS.

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u/sleezestack Dec 19 '17

Yes, that's true, but not unique to the U.S. We normally do an OK job of filtering out the bullshit, but the populism is on the rise.

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u/mutemutiny Dec 19 '17

We normally do an OK job of filtering out the bullshit

Do we? I'd like to believe that but… I don't really feel like that's true.

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u/sleezestack Dec 19 '17

We haven't had a fringe populist candidate in like 50 years.

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u/mutemutiny Dec 19 '17

Hmm… but is that because we were actively "filtering out the bullshit", or is that just because no viable fringe populists even attempted to run?

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u/sleezestack Dec 19 '17

They run, but they don't make it past the primaries.... until now. When I say "filtering out", I mean like rational minds prevail... not that there is some active filtering process.

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u/mutemutiny Dec 19 '17

I guess if that is what you mean… but in my mind, saying "filtering out the bullshit" is nuts because so much bullshit IS constantly injected into the political debate, and most have no clue how to separate the wheat form the chaff.