3 ms·

Forgive me if I am wrong... but didn't his political momentum mainly start with his very public lead role in the "birther movement"? "Global Warming is a Chine

by splawn 10y ago

Forgive me if I am wrong... but didn't his political momentum mainly start with his very public lead role in the "birther movement"? "Global Warming is a Chinese Hoax" "Ted Cruiz's father killed JFK" "Obama and Hillary founded ISIS" Is it even possible to separate that man from misinformation? Edit: I have anecdotal "evidence" that some of his voters where swayed by this stuff from conversations I have had with Trump supporters. While that isn't enough to make the claim that misinformation is the sole cause of his election (a claim btw, that I have not seen made on this thread.. you are the one that brought it up), it does show me that its impact was greater than 0.

ThomPete 10y ago
Impact great than 0 does not mean it's enough. You forget that people gravitate towards what they believe in already. They aren't sitting there evaluation who to believe in based on the facts out there.
- splawn 10y ago
  >Impact great than 0 does not mean it's enough. I agree, but it doesn't discount it either, it simply means greater than 0. Its not enough to draw a conclusion from which is why I haven't. My only claim is that critical thinking would lessen the non-zero impact.