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I think by "examples" GP meant examples of "obfuscation" as you call it, rather than just names.

• OneWordSoln 8y ago
  I mean obfuscation as in downplaying the seriousness of the crimes of Trump et al. She has been a part of normalizing their deviance and that is the single most effective technique the disingenuous can use to thwart the change we need so badly. It's not Soviet-era propaganda, it's just a nudge away from the truth of how corrupt and amoral our current government is. It pushes us from the righteous anger at their machinations towards "they've done some not-good things"; therein lies a world of difference. Read Marcy Wheeler at emptywheel.net. Her "potty mouth" is wholly appropriate and her reporting is top-notch.
  • Angostura 8y ago
    Can you give a good example of where the crimes of Trump were downplayed?
  • krastanov 8y ago
    ... the NYT is the outlet that broke a number of stories discovering many of the crimes of the Trumps