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Nevilledog

(51,026 posts)
Mon May 3, 2021, 11:37 AM May 2021

Trump trying to change the meaning of The Big Lie...coming to RW media, I'm sure.



Tweet text:
Kate Starbird
@katestarbird
In an unsurprising rhetorical trick, former Pres Trump suggests switching/confusing the meaning of “the big lie” from its current use (characterizing his disinfo campaign to undermine trust on the election) to the false claims of that same campaign. Like his “fake news” trick.

Steve Herman
@W7VOA
Replying to @W7VOA
While @realDonaldTrump is still banned from @Facebook and @Twitter he's still issuing tweet-length statements, including this one just now.
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Trump trying to change the meaning of The Big Lie...coming to RW media, I'm sure. (Original Post) Nevilledog May 2021 OP
Frank Luntz was really brilliant in his manipulation of language. dhol82 May 2021 #1
Coming soon to Facebook too! Dream Girl May 2021 #2
Orwellian. He'll / They'll springboard right off of it and make it their own. Bristlecone May 2021 #3
He similarly tried to appropriate "fake news". You can fool some of the people all of the time. Marcuse May 2021 #4
Tried? AZSkiffyGeek May 2021 #6
Isn't it customary to make things like this a "Proclamation"? Buns_of_Fire May 2021 #5

dhol82

(9,352 posts)
1. Frank Luntz was really brilliant in his manipulation of language.
Mon May 3, 2021, 11:40 AM
May 2021

Framing the issue.
He taught them well.

Bristlecone

(10,117 posts)
3. Orwellian. He'll / They'll springboard right off of it and make it their own.
Mon May 3, 2021, 12:30 PM
May 2021

They’ll change the meaning and regular media will be forced to adjust their language.

More poison from the RW. That’s all we can and should expect.

AZSkiffyGeek

(10,972 posts)
6. Tried?
Mon May 3, 2021, 01:26 PM
May 2021

I think he completely appropriated it. The term is meaningless now after 4+ years of him using it.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,158 posts)
5. Isn't it customary to make things like this a "Proclamation"?
Mon May 3, 2021, 12:43 PM
May 2021
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Massive Orange Ass hereby proclaims that, henceforth and to wit, anyone referring to him as "The Massive Orange Ass" shall be deemed an enema of the state!

I wonder if the letters F O mean anything to him?
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