And here we go.... Migrant caravan sets off from Honduras with eyes on U.S. border

[octoberlib]

Link to tweet

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Fox News will have this on 24/7 but it’ll do nothing for Trump.

[oswaldactedalone]

1. This is clearly a false flag

event either supported financially by Rethuglican groups, or just another Rethuglican lie. Way too convenient with a month to go.

[CaptYossarian]

2. They're bringing suitcases full of killer bees too.

The streets will soon be filled with taco trucks and Mariachi bands.

(Actually, that last part wouldn't be bad.)

[NCDem47]

3. Voters saw through it in 2018

and they'll see through it again.

I really do think a majority of Americans have caught on to Trumpublicans manufactured crises.

[Mr. Ected]

4. This caravan will be an existential threat to FOX viewers until the day after the election

At which point it will evaporate into the atmosphere. POOF.

If you were constantly being duped, wouldn't you eventually catch on?

[better]

5. As a recovering Republican, I can answer that from experience.

Yes, you would eventually catch on, but...

ONLY if you are paying attention to, and acknowledging, objective reality.
That's what's required to be able to spot the deception.

For me, that came in the form of spending a lot of time listening to NPR as I sat in DC metro area traffic in my early 20's, and thus gained enough exposure to the day-to-day workings of Congress for me to be ABLE to recognize exactly what Republican's "flip-flop" attack against John Kerry over voting for and against a supplemental troop increase bill was.

For the Democratic-sponsored version that funded it by repealing the Bush tax cuts and against the Republican-sponsored version funding it by more off-books deficit spending. Or, you, know, DOING HIS JOB.

That, for me, was a large part of what made the difference between merely disagreeing with their political agenda and opposing them because they are evil lying bastards, but it also highlighted for me a failing of our educational system. I had what passed for a first-class education, and understood the basic premise of how government works (or so I thought), but it took regular immersion in its day-to-day workings to be well-informed enough to recognize what is and isn't the normal conduct of governance.

[octoberlib]

7. Thanks for the post! It was interesting.

[2naSalit]

6. There is no caravan, not coming here.

What a crock of shit. Fortunately the old bullshit can only be flung once and hit its mark. Now that people are hip to the stink on that shit, we won't be fooled again.