Thread by @mgoldfarb999

1/ Right Wingers fear/hate monger with CRT — using stories about how Democrats might use it to control people — how they might try to harm schools, government and other institutions.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

2/ The[Fear CRT] stories fit well into the constantly spread Right Wing propaganda theme of “Democrats are going to control you and take your freedom away.”Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

3/ That[Fear CRT] is also the theme used to conduct Right Wing anti-vax and anti-environment campaigns.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

4/ The Right Wing belief in evil Democrats is spread and fed by the Right Wing media bubble.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

5/ The[Right Wing Media] bubble constantly reports supposed “evidence” of evil actions by Democrats — consisting cherry picked news, lies and distortions.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

6/ The belief in evil Dems is repeated thousands of times, with more and more supposed “proof”, until most consumers of Right Wing media end up accepting this characterization without question.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

7/ The hate/fear mongering also stirs up listeners or readers emotionally. This causes target audiences to be even more easily influenced by the onslaught of lies and incitements to action.

8/ The emotional turmoil blocks critical thinking ability.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

9/ [The hate/fear mongering also stirs up ] Listeners can’t calmly evaluate the statements for truth or logic. They’re too upset to think clearly.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

10/ In the current situation, with CRT, if Dems used talking points, they could get equal time in mainstream media, for important points made by Democrats about race.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

11/ Instead, Dems have ended up on the defensive — reacting to the Right Wing talking points about CRT that are flooding mainstream media now — guessing it must be the main popular liberal theory about race, even though it is not.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by @upine

12/ I write and phone my Democratic Senators and Representatives, liberal organizations and philanthropists[to solve our propaganda problems].Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

13/ I ask them[Democratic Senators and Representatives, liberal organizations and philanthropists] to solve our propaganda problems as our military does during war,[bit.ly/2Qlukt7]by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

14/ Part of the solution to racial justice and other important issues is clearing the gigantic propaganda obstacles out of the way.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

15/ We can do this both by making other people in our own network aware of the realities of the situation and of the Illusory Truth Effect.Per bit.ly/3i1e6Ax by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine

16/ We can also do it by pushing organizations to apply systemic solutions, similar to the solutions the military already uses to counteract propaganda that occurs during the course of wars.[bit.ly/2Qlukt7]by Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert, @upine