One sentence and you lot go screaming off and ignore the rest of what I said. You really are properly programmed.
Definition of wedge issue
: a political issue that divides a candidate's supporters or the members of a party
Examples of wedge issue in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web This amendment could hopefully put a stop to anti-LGBTQ politicians using LGBTQ Americans as a wedge issue and using state law to legalize discrimination. — Claire Mccully, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022
Sudip Parikh, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general science organization, said it’s clear that science has become a wedge issue for many politicians. — Seth Borenstein And Hannah Fingerhut, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2022
Why do you think Putin mentioned Rowling? It had nothing to do with Ukraine. It was totally from left field.It was to get people shouting at one another. That's using a wedge issue. He didn't have to say a damn thing about Trans rights, just mention someone famous and then on queue, people are tearing strips off one another as they fill in the blanks themselves, as they have already been loaded up with the buzz words. And anyone who points that out out is attacked as a Cassandra, becasue the important thing is *energy sucked away from opposing Putin's agenda.*
People don't realize they are being manipulated. And if that's appalling to you, good. Maybe it will force thoughts in your head. You don't want to discuss Putin's manipulative tactics because you want to feel the thrill of being outraged and attacking someone. Suddenly, Putin is gone from your mind. All that energy that could have been used for fight Putin is used to masturbate over hating me.
Russian information warfare tactics DO actually play both sides. Frequently if you see 2 sides arguing on a forum or whatever, they are both Russian Operators or even the same Russian. There's been 3 or 4 times that I have seen the same name say something and then the same account attack him over what he just said, becasue the Russian forgot to change accounts when larping arguing, planting the seeds of people using thse words to attack one another. What the Russians want to do is cause chaos, weaken the society of their enemies. So ya, left wingers ARE controlled by Putin, same as right wingers.
Why do you think the Bernie fans are spouting pro-russian bullshit now? Left wing channels are full of "give Putin an off ranp" "Its the wests fault" "Ukranians are Nazis!" "this is a war for the New World Order." Their inluencers are pumping the left with crap at the moment.
And seriously, if you think I'm being paid by Putin to point out that you lot are falling for Putin's wedge issue tactics then you need to watch out for any bridges you are about to buy.
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The following will be the only bit of this reply people will respond to as they don't want to hear whats above, thereby showing you suddenly don't want to talk about Putin and proving my point.
And ya I'll file those people who now say Rowling is a Nazi based on her books in the same rubbish bin as those people who used to claim she was really a Wiccan based on stuff in her books. You were programmed to comb the books looking for "good stuff" when she was "good," then she had an unsanctioned opinion and suddenly you are combing her books looking for "bad stuff" becasue she is now "bad."
And the outrage industry is right there feeding you the outrage and bad stuff you want to hear, based on what
they are telling you is in her books, rather than what is actually in her books. Telling you what X and Y means now that the author is an X. Gimme a break. When she becomes "good" again they will forget all about that crap and tell you that the Goblins actually symbolize the well educated Irish people who worked the administration of the British Empire and lets change the subject when that other stuff comes up.
I wouldn't mind but I didn't particularly like her books anyway. They were better than the usual adult fare where the only choice between good and evil is whether you should sleep with that guy or not, and the films were alright. It was pretty clear to me that she kinda hated the circus that developed around her books, and she really didn't care for her her more looney fans. The backlash was to be expected when people figured out she was just a human being who likes writing.