Again. Please. Republicans operate as trolls. They post outrageous, infuriating opinions that have no purpose other than to bait you into responding and increasing their reach, their fundraising, and their stature among the Right Wing media.
Choose not to take the bait.
Choose not to take the bait.
These social media and media systems rely on commodifying outrage. It’s poisonous to society but hard to reject. The GOP isn’t a party, it’s a public front fir the wealthy and powerful that exists through artificial, bad faith provocations. Don’t fall into their traps.
There are plenty of us monitoring the dangerous aspects of the Right, their signaling to extremists, their attempts to radicalize. You don’t have to engage with these bad faith, attention-seeking troll jobs. They only increase their reach and power. We can do better.
If you feel the need to engage or distill the falsehood or misleading claim, screenshot the offending post and respond with what the lie or misdirection is. Retweeting, responding, even just dunking on it, just gifts power, influence, and money to the Republican troll.
By continuing to engage with bad faith Right Wing trolling you not only make the troll more powerful but you incentivize other trolls to engage and even go further, as well as gift their media ready-made stories to traffic to viewers. You help them.
And to be clear I’m not just talking about random Right Wing trolls. I’m talking senators, representatives, pundits, hosts, former presidents, etc. The GOP isn’t a party, it’s a fascist movement fueled by this bad faith outrage. We can’t keep feeding it.
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