It was sold in the gift shop, not on display. I know it’s not an enormous difference, but let’s try our best to keep the misinformation just on their side.
I’m prolly gonna get down arrowed for this but, this correction came off very pedantic to me.
I’ve noticed in speaking to conservatives, those I assume you meant by “their side”, they don’t care about fascism.
They don’t care to read these 14 points, they don’t care about politics, they don’t care about accuracy. They care about the narrative.
It’s sold in the Holocaust gift shop, while they buy red hats at the MAGA grift shop. The rhetoric is the only game they understand. They won’t care if it was displayed.
I do think it’s important to be unassailable, because it’d be easy to say “the libs are making misleading claims” and then people not paying lots of attention will think there’s a “both sides” situation going on. I’m sure we all assumed it was literally on display as an exhibit; I was mislead. If you stick to transparent, honest language, the “both sides” stuff falls apart.
The MAGAs are unreachable, but the poorly-informed are out there too, and making them easier to confuse (by actually also spewing misleading-but-technically-true things) is not a good strategy.
It was sold in the gift shop, not on display. I know it’s not an enormous difference, but let’s try our best to keep the misinformation just on their side.
I’m prolly gonna get down arrowed for this but, this correction came off very pedantic to me.
I’ve noticed in speaking to conservatives, those I assume you meant by “their side”, they don’t care about fascism.
They don’t care to read these 14 points, they don’t care about politics, they don’t care about accuracy. They care about the narrative.
It’s sold in the Holocaust gift shop, while they buy red hats at the MAGA grift shop. The rhetoric is the only game they understand. They won’t care if it was displayed.
I do think it’s important to be unassailable, because it’d be easy to say “the libs are making misleading claims” and then people not paying lots of attention will think there’s a “both sides” situation going on. I’m sure we all assumed it was literally on display as an exhibit; I was mislead. If you stick to transparent, honest language, the “both sides” stuff falls apart.
The MAGAs are unreachable, but the poorly-informed are out there too, and making them easier to confuse (by actually also spewing misleading-but-technically-true things) is not a good strategy.
Would a demo version not be on display?
Maybe, but that’s still insincere. When truth is on your side you don’t need to use weasel language.