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calimary

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29. Hey Mouse- (if I may call you that) - Hi and How-are-ya!!!

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 12:57 PM

Oct 21

They sure are skilled manipulators.

I’ve casually observed election strategy and manipulation of the public mindset for a while. Not professionally, mind you. I’m, formally-speaking, just another retiree. But I do understand message manipulation. I watched how my successful salesman dad did it. How he worked the whole sloganeering thing. Absorbed a few things along the way. So I can see the manipulations and the “conclusions” those manipulations can move us toward. It’s SALESMANSHIP.

SALESMANSHIP. That’s ALL it is. But it’s a many-headed beast, and it can be VERY powerful and appealing. And fighters against it have to maneuver around all those many active tentacles. And WE may well be aware of it. But too many in the general population who don’t watch these things closely and/or analytically can be moved and manipulated and outright FOOLED into believing that messaging - and yes, that cold, craven SALESMANSHIP.

You’ve GOT to be watching for it and you’ve GOT to be ready for it. AT ALL TIMES. That is an absolute MUST.

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If Dracula had a cat [View all] Mousetoescamper Oct 20 OP

So true! brer cat Oct 20 #1

And he always dresses in black. Where'd I stick that lint roller? Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #2

Yep. I had a black cat and later a white one. All of my brer cat Oct 20 #3

... Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #4

one time I went to a NJCher Oct 20 #13

Forever fur Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #17

Not sure I 'get it' my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 20 #5

Cats commonly commandeer the places their humans sit, sleep, work (computer keyboards), and so on. Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #8

You and Calliope sound well suited to one another! That is, usually. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 20 #15

You're welcome! Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #19

Not only that. There are quite a few images/videos online where you see a large niyad Oct 20 #24

We have chairs around our kitchen island. The moment... 3catwoman3 Oct 20 #18

They do so appreciate the pre-warming! niyad Oct 20 #22

They sometimes reciprocate on cold winter nights. Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #23

or sleep on dracula's face. pansypoo53219 Oct 20 #6

Catch-22? Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #10

Of course! highplainsdem Oct 20 #7

Good evening, highplainsdem! Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #11

Pretty much! calimary Oct 20 #9

They're masters of psychological manipulation Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #12

masters of psychological manipulation NJCher Oct 20 #14

I willingly surrender to their sovereignty Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #16

As do I. niyad Oct 20 #21

Good evening, niyad! Mousetoescamper Oct 20 #25

They are indeed. Mine is currently recovering from a very noisy, windy niyad Oct 21 #26

Lol NJCher Oct 21 #27

Hey Mouse- (if I may call you that) - Hi and How-are-ya!!! calimary Oct 21 #29

You may call me Mouse--just don't call me late for supper! Mousetoescamper Oct 21 #30

Excellent post. calimary Oct 21 #31

And don't forget WHERE your information comes from. calimary Oct 21 #32

Thanks. Mousetoescamper Oct 21 #33

Well yes, of course! niyad Oct 20 #20

Oh so true 👍😁 💙 TommieMommy Oct 21 #28