Why don't the Dems & the Left propagate a bunch of clone email propaganda?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Hear me out.

I've been thinking about the fact that this type of anonymous, unsourced and/or inaccurate email propaganda seems to be almost exclusively on the Republican side, and DUers, some sincere and some I think not, are forever putting these things here for "debunking" and "how do I respond to this?"

The RWers themselves are happy to propagate these things without any verification and simply assuming they are accurate because the positions support their prejudices.

Now, what if the Left propagated FACTUAL and ACCURATE propaganda emails, with the target audience being NOT Democratic voters but REPUBLICANS.

You see, the Republicans would then be forced to use Google, Snopes, Wikipedia etc. to try and actually research this stuff in a vain attempt to debunk. They'd learn the whole concept of actually researching facts behind this stuff. Then they would become familiar with those sources, and would recognize when THEIR crappy, innacurate and misleading emails had been successfully debunked.

Just a thought... I haven't yet decided whether it would be better for the propaganda emails to include actual links to sources, or to make the RW recipients go through the exercise of researching the sources themselves.

Here's an example I thought of just off the top of my head right now posting this. Chickenhawks.

An email describing the phenomenon of chickenhawks, outlining the military service of Dem candidates versus Repub. A list of all the folks in shrubco and their service or reasons given for deferment, versus Dems like Clark, Kerry etc.

One gets the idea...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

1. There are some things best left to the dark side.

However, I'm not so pure as to spread the rumor that Bush has a secret satanic chamber that he built beneath the oval office.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. I'm talking ACCURATE, TRUE propaganda emails, not lies.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

5. I apologize, I would have known that if I had actually read your OP

rather than just quickly scanned it.

:toast:

[KingFlorez]

2. Sounds like a good idea

It would help

[silverweb]

3. Good idea!

Actually, it would make use of the information a lot of us have independently researched to refute the "anonymous, unsourced and/or inaccurate email propaganda" that we've received over time from the RW nutters.

It could be a great project. Call the series "Fact Bulletins" or something like that, give reference links and let the nutters spin their wheels trying to disprove them.

On Edit: Kicked and recommended. This is an idea whose timing may be perfect. The worm is turning and the people seem to be waking up. Now's the time to stimulate their awareness of reality. A factual e-mail campaign propagated by DUers could be just the thing to have a real influence in challenging people's long-held assumptions and making them think.

[johnaries]

8. How about "Did you know" bulletins?

Great idea! I usually hate chain emails, but I'll HAPPILY distribute those!

I would love the see the looks on a freeper's face when he/she goes to Snopes and sees Status: TRUE.

[silverweb]

11. Ditto!

I've loved to leave 'em sputtering in frustration, but at this point I'll happily forego that visceral pleasure to educate and enlighten them. I'd rather derive my pleasure from seeing the light of awareness and understanding slowly brighten in their eyes.

I have to get to work, but this is definitely something to get going on as a project!

See ya later...!!

:hi:

[Mythsaje]

6. A lot of what I write

is actually intended to be used in such a manner. I'd like to see my "Dear Average Republican," my "Everybody Matters," and even my "I Aim to Misbehave" floating around the net in e-mails, with or without credit (though I have to admit that I'd prefer to be credited, in that it would possibly bring people to my website to buy my books :evilgrin: but the Cause is the most important thing."

[silverweb]

7. Could you repost them, please?

I've got so many things bookmarked to save and share that I can't find anything when I want it. :D

Btw, I just read the "Philosophy" and "Politics" parts of your website and love the way you expressed exactly my own thoughts.

:hi:

[Mythsaje]

12. Sure...I'd be glad to.

I'll post them all in one entitled "By request." :D

[johnaries]

9. Hey, how about some of the personal testimonials here on DU?

Or maybe like that letter from the veteran mailing his bars and wings back to Bush? Just don't attribute them like most of us usually do.

[Dr Ron]

10. How do y ou propose to spread this?

Getting out the truth is a great idea, but I'm not sure if this technique will work.

Sending people more spam email might antagonize many. Even if you decide to go this route, how do
you plan to accumulate the email lists.

Conservatives do love to post their lists of talking points in comments of Democratic blogs (regardless of how many times their cliams have been refuted). You could do the same with your lists on their blogs, but I suspect they'd be removed quickly. Even if not removed, they are so brainwased that I doubt they are capable of the necessary fact checking to see the truth.

If you should do something along these lines, I'd sugest that any email include links to the sources. That will increase the chances that some will look at the evidence and see you are right. Without sources I bet virtually everyone will just ignore it.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

13. Well, one way to start might be to send them as "reply all" to RW email

lists from the RW emails one receives. Assuming you have some confidence that the people on that distribution list are mostly receptive to those clone emails.

[Mythsaje]

14. Or just send them to people you think will appreciate them

and send them on to people THEY think will appreciate them. A kind of e-mail phone tree operation.

[Sparkly]

15. I like that -- but I doubt they'd do their own research.

ONE rightwing blogger, or something, would "debunk" by cherrypicking quotes and stats out of context, and they'd just accept it. Kind of like they do with the news all the time, and have for as long as I can remember. (You DO know that tax cuts always increase revenues, don't you?)

Having said that, I think it's a GREAT idea to get the truth out there -- including debunks of their own parroted mythology.