Influencing Public Opinion
Lasting social progress takes time. So much time, in fact, that unless we are paying careful attention, we may not even recognize social changes, whether positive or negative. As an example, someone growing to maturity in the past twenty or thirty years, who did not experience the violent racism of the Democratic Party in the years before their birth, may not recognize the progress we’ve made since 1950 (which, in my opinion, was largely undone by the presidency of Barack Obama). A young person’s point of reference is confined to what think they know, and that may be entirely predicated on what they’ve been told by leftist educationalists (and parents) pursuing their own peculiar agenda. Should anyone think that I am speaking now about the leftist brainwashing that is prevalent in our public schools, they’d be correct.
In Eisenhower’s day, campaigns began using bumper stickers. More people had cars in the 1950s (as compared to earlier years) but the idea actually came from Henry Ford’s Model A in 1927. The bumper on the Model A was made for decoration, but it was really Eisenhower’s campaign that made the most of campaign advertising. In 1956, the Eisenhower campaign came up with “We like Ike and We’ll Stick with Ike and Dick.” The phrase might have provided Stevenson with reason for mirth, but it was a start. With the war in Viet Nam, we began to see bumper stickers that fostered a wide spectrum of sentiments, some of which were divisive: “Make Love Not War,” and “America: Love it or Leave it.” I recall seeing one years ago that read “Disco Sucks.” One sentiment expressed on a bumper sticker actually wound up in the Supreme Court: Baker v. Glover, 1991. The decision in this case held in favor of Baker, whose sentiment included a profane word. Judge Thompson opined, “… for those citizens without wealth or power, a bumper sticker may be one of the few means available to convey a message to a public audience.”
More recently, political bumper stickers are designed to appeal to a particular audience—remarkably, targeting those whose opinions will not be affected by “Worst president ever.” Many of these anti-candidate stickers mimic the designs rendered by the official campaign designs and they’ve caused some political analysts to conclude that these kinds of stickers encourage people to rely on them as voting guides. There may be something to this; how many voters conduct independent research before deciding how to vote?
The video linked above makes two important points. First, it is easy for people to support emotionally attractive political themes, even (or especially) when important information has been omitted. Second, the more one learns about significant issues, the more one realizes how complex some of these are. If the problem is difficult, then solving it will also take careful thought and perseverance. This may have been the most important lesson for these young people to learn. Still, it is easy to fool people who want to be fooled. Imagine … the arrogance of those who think that the earth needs saving. Earth was just fine before people arrived and it’s my guess that earth will remain long after we’ve joined the list of extinct species. It all comes down to what we know, and how we know it. For all the clamor about air pollution from gas-burning engines, shall we opt to return to horses as our primary form of transportation? In the year 1900, there were 13-million horses inside New York City. Can anyone imagine the pollution, filth, and impact on the environment of that many animals inside a bustling city?
Source: http://alwaysonwatch3.blogspot.com/2019/02/influencing-public-opinion.html
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