The NRA is powerful. We know that it is being funded in part by gun and military weaponry manufacturers.
Far be it for the NRA to have any sense of moral decency the children from the Parkland School Shooting were victims of a terrible tragedy. They took off the mask of the NRA and the NRA chose to attempt to assassinate the character of children so they wouldn't be able to criticize them.
and evil way to destroy someone who sees you for who you really are, who want to unmask you and show the truth is to attempt to destroy their character through vicious lies.
It works. In persuasion theory the first message sticks, any defense to clear your name is difficult if someone heard something bad about you and accepted it any information including the fact that the lie they believed was a lie will be difficult to "Unthink" as it caused cognitive dissonance, You have to admit not only that the information was false, but that you believed it and that might make you look stupid or foolish or gullible and your brain fights against that, often by holding on and defending the lie!!
And if the lie is perpetrated by a member of your tribe, be it religious tribe, political tribe or friendship tribe the resistance is stronger, as you might fear that changing your mind and believing the truth would get you kicked out of the tribe, or simply that you would have to believe something bad about a fellow tribesman. The fear of being abandoned by your tribe is strong so people tend to stick
Wikipedia says that Character assassination is a deliberate and sustained process that destroys the credibility and reputation of a person, institution, organization, social group, or nation.[1] Agents of character assassinations employ a mix of open and covert methods to achieve their goals, such as raising false accusations, planting and fostering rumors, and manipulating information.
Far be it for the NRA to have any sense of moral decency the children from the Parkland School Shooting were victims of a terrible tragedy. They took off the mask of the NRA and the NRA chose to attempt to assassinate the character of children so they wouldn't be able to criticize them.
and evil way to destroy someone who sees you for who you really are, who want to unmask you and show the truth is to attempt to destroy their character through vicious lies.
It works. In persuasion theory the first message sticks, any defense to clear your name is difficult if someone heard something bad about you and accepted it any information including the fact that the lie they believed was a lie will be difficult to "Unthink" as it caused cognitive dissonance, You have to admit not only that the information was false, but that you believed it and that might make you look stupid or foolish or gullible and your brain fights against that, often by holding on and defending the lie!!
And if the lie is perpetrated by a member of your tribe, be it religious tribe, political tribe or friendship tribe the resistance is stronger, as you might fear that changing your mind and believing the truth would get you kicked out of the tribe, or simply that you would have to believe something bad about a fellow tribesman. The fear of being abandoned by your tribe is strong so people tend to stick
Wikipedia says that Character assassination is a deliberate and sustained process that destroys the credibility and reputation of a person, institution, organization, social group, or nation.[1] Agents of character assassinations employ a mix of open and covert methods to achieve their goals, such as raising false accusations, planting and fostering rumors, and manipulating information.
Character assassination is an attempt to tarnish a person's reputation. It may involve exaggeration, misleading half-truths, or manipulation of facts to present an untrue picture of the targeted person. It is a form of defamation and can be a form of ad hominem argument.
For living individuals targeted by character assassination attempts, this may result in being rejected by their community, family, or members of their living or work environment. Such acts are often difficult to reverse or rectify, and the process is likened to a literal assassination of a human life. The damage sustained can last a lifetime or, for historical figures, for many centuries after their death.
“To assassinate someone means to kill, to take life in an underhanded way. To assassinate someone’s character means to kill or damage their character by any means possible.
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