How about fictionalized stories to emotionally support the narrative (just from this month!) https://reason.com/blog/2016/11/11/election-night-hijab-attack-fal

How about fictionalized stories to emotionally support the narrative (just from this month!) https://reason.com/blog/2016/11/11/election-night-hijab-attack-false https://reason.com/blog/2016/11/11/election-night-hijab-atta... http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/01/attorney-rolling-stone-author-pushed-preconceived-narrative.html http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/01/attorney-rolling-stone-... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-13/anti-trump-protests-proof-professional-activist-involvement http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-13/anti-trump-protests... for a while now, liberalism has held an "ends justify the means" sort of attitude towards victims stories, out of context gender statistics, and "grassroots" activism. (conservatism has too, but that wasnt the question posed.) obviously not all attacks are fake, and there is a lot of hate in the country. but a lot of sensationalized stories come out, that basically exist as propaganda, and spread like wildfire, without being fact checked. how many of you saw this link on facebook? how many of its stories are untrue? https://twitter.com/i/moments/796417517157830656?lang=en https://twitter.com/i/moments/796417517157830656?lang=en if you stick to huffingtonpost & salon, and all the clickbait derived from their sphere, it really could be as manufactured and fake as the right, it just feels more real because the stories are more plausable. there is also this article http://www.newsweek.com/myths-cost-democrats-presidential-election-521044 http://www.newsweek.com/myths-cost-democrats-presidential-el... i mean, fuck, the story you just posted is allegedly fake, if that doesnt say something i dont know what does. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/11/14/did_facebook_really_tolerate_fake_news_to_appease_conservatives.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/11/14/did_faceb... and as other people have pointed out, gmo, chemtrails, vax dangers have transcended parties and infected hippys and teapartiers alike.