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The period when people have their own reactions, followed by a sudden reset and synchronisation once the taking points get assembled and is really quite fascina
by grues-dinner 2y ago
The period when people have their own reactions, followed by a sudden reset and synchronisation once the taking points get assembled and is really quite fascinating. I would really love to know how centralised the process of defining talking points is, or if it is, itself, emergent behaviour of a distributed system resulting in coherent outcomes.
- jkolio 2y agoYeah, it doesn't have to be centralized. I watched aghast at the narrative building around the Trayvon Martin murder in real-time across Reddit and The Website Which Shall Not Be Named. No one was giving marching orders; it was just a milieu of people throwing out ideas and the most convenient ones propagating outward. "He was slamming his head against the concrete," etc. (How could you possibly know? The word of the accused?) Look, we're doing it now.
- immibis 2y agoI think this is the first time I've seen the process of delivering right-wing talking points fail. Right wing media is talking about how bad it is to kill someone, but right wing followers are pushing back and saying they have no sympathy.
- selimthegrim 2y agoUh, you don’t want to ever see blasphemy cases then
- dxbydt 2y agowhat an amazing turn of phrase - “reset and synchronization once the talking points get assembled” Literally describes 99 of the 100 post-jira action items coming out of the clueless PM’s mouthhole.
- archagon 2y agoExactly this. It happened during Covid and January 6, too. For brief moments we were united before the talking points emerged. I think this phenomenon is entirely coordinated by right wing media and party elites.
- relaxing 2y agoGrab a copy of “Manufacturing Consent” - Chomsky. Read with a critical mind.