I thought you meant Drumpf -
Posts from Rice in thread „Dec 10, 2019 - Alberto Fernandez takes on the Presidency - Safety in Microcentro?“
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Any particular American?
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I'm telling you, she's on her way out.
...of her head.
That ship sailed so long ago that it is now in Fiji.
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In the past, the most extremist fringe was always a minority, whereas now they have a larger follows because of mass media - they can swerve the most gullible electorate with provoking posts and images....
Right now, we all have (fake or true) information at our fingertip, in the form of powerful imagery with a short caption, purposefully devised to provoke very strong feelings. If you look at more extremist people's profile on FB, they do not have length and reasoned posts. Instead, they just share a picture (immigrants, badly maintained roads, face of political adversary) with a short caption.
These techniques can manipulate many more voters, who do not go beyond it and take them as they came, forward them, and propagate them.
In other words, social media have made available to manipulation an ocean of gullible people whose vote count.
Your observation is right to the point, serafina. This situation has skewed elections all over the world. Many voters now are less interested in learning the facts than in reading short posts that confirm what they already think.
Facebook has greatly contributed to this problem from the start. Now they are openly accepting advertising that carries false messages, propaganda and outright lies, a policy they justify with a shrug, saying they are not responsible for fact-checking.Too busy, presumably, counting the money from their laughing advertisers.
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An even worse thing to say about a fellow forum member's wife, Splinter . For shame!
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My wife also said that.
I think she knows and accepts her glory days are now gone.
Terrible thing to say about your wife, UK Man.
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If Alberto is smart, he will study the way Nisman was “suicided” and avoid a repeat performance.
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Very interesting firsthand observations, @JAN and serafina . And what is with the Queen looking like a ??
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To quote the BBC, “Alberto who?”
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Displayed that way, they lose a bit of their appeal.
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By the last part my car decided to go for the part only for camiones......went really quick.....guess I'm gonna c a fat fine for that!!!
definitely not your fault, @JAN . Your car decided, you didn’t.
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Wait!!! Do you mean if I elbow my way to Plaza de Mayo today, I can actually score an Evita pan dulce AND a chori?
Move over, hoi polloy, I’m heading for the subte!!! -
Will look for the account of your adventure once it is over, serafina.
Today, I don’t even want to go near the subte. The buses and subte will be packed to the gills with K fans, giddy over the big day. -
We e been to a couple of Oktoberfests in München, @JAN - - maybe saw each other there?
(My husband wound have been enjoying the beer, while I was ogling the flea circus -)
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I agree, serafina , I wouldn’t worry about safety. But the streets could be jammed and could cause you delays. What about just taking the subte D line to 9 de Julio and avoiding the traffic ?