Death panels…..pulling the plug……socialized health…..long lines….remove doctor…..withhold services…..Obama is a Nazi…….Why are all these made up downside being aired and who believes them? BTW…none of this is true…but it is out there and it is believed by some.
That is an easy one to answer…they are aimed at seniors. Why the elderly?
That group is most resistant to change. The last election showed that only about 8% of seniors voted for Obama and his promise of change. But that is not the only reason that the elderly are the most outraged by the proposed new health care bill.
Look at any of the townhalls, the most passionate speakers are elderly. And their questions and speeches are the talking points of the GOP and other conservatives. The very people that already have a government run health system….so why the outrage?
But why, if all I say is correct, are the seniors buying into the manure spread about the proposed health care system?
Here are some of the tactics that are being used:
1–seniors are easily scared into a position.
2–Seniors do not like change…as I previously said.
3–because that they are easily freighten then they can be more easily be manipulated.
4–seniors are not too tech savvy and they do very little fact checking.
5–they trust their Rep because he would not lie to them.
6–the “rational Ignorance effect” (learn about RIE–visit my page here on the subject)
7–seniors have an opinion already shaped and will not change that view no matter what is said or by whom.
8–the elderly receives their news from one network and usually one that reinforces their world view.
All in all…if you want to defeat an issue in Washington then start with the seniors….they can be manipulate and confused to follow the leader of the opposition.
This post will no doubt piss off any seniors who read this….for that I apologize…but if they would take a good look at the world around them they would see just how bad they are manipulated.
Good to see that people still know what they are talking about. So much BS around these days!
Why do people believe this BS? I must admit don’t know and it frequently beggars belief! But when you have otherwise apparently (supposedly?) intelligent people spouting creationism… well, need I say more?
Morning….I am always amazed at the way seniors react to stuff….like now…half or more of the ones yelling are on Medicare and it is government run and most would give it up….they are easily frightened….why…..IMO, it is the worshipping of youth in our society and they are feeling that everyone young is out to get rid of them….
Did you know there is a museum in Tennessee, not sure of location, but they have dinosaurs with saddles because man and dinos were here together…it is a creationism museum…….it is laughable but at the same time sad.