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That's a relatively recent incarnation of a much older story. As I recall in one of Hunter S Thompson's books he accuses LBJ (or possibly Nixon, it's a long tim
by gweinberg 6y ago
That's a relatively recent incarnation of a much older story. As I recall in one of Hunter S Thompson's books he accuses LBJ (or possibly Nixon, it's a long time since I read it) of spreading rumors one of his political enemies fucked pigs. Whichever dead president it was was quoted as saying, "I know it's not true, I just want to make th son of a bitch deny it".
- cosmodisk 6y agoWhat's interesting with this approach that it doesn't even take that much effort once the seed of doubt is planted. I remember back in the day,I was attending this party and after having a few beers,I started looking for some entertainment. My eyes stumbled upon a CD case 'Eros Ramazzotti'. I exclaimed, and told to one of the the friends who was standing close enough that it's a cheap knock-off. 'How would you know', he asks? Well, for starters, the name is written incorrectly. It's correct, I'm a fan of his music and have multiple CDs, it's definitely like this. Nope it's not, it's 'Razamotti'. He gets puzzled.. then a few others join, including the owner of the place. Fast forward 10 min or so and I've already convinced some of them. Others start 'remembering' and even supporting my claim. Eventually I tell everyone I'm just winding them up,but people were very surprised how quickly they started to doubt their knowledge.