Yeah, the guy doing the interview is a liberal Aussie, and there's no telling how many people he talked to before finding the ones he used in this segment. There's also no telling how poorlyhis countrymen would fare with similar questioning, but this is still a frightening statement on the American electorate.
These people all have opinions they believe in, however ill-informed those may be. That means if you asked them questions about "gun control," you could expect more ignorance.
Government's media partners know this. They employ catch and release tactics, hitting their target audience with emotional appeals and sound bites that will penetrate and register before their viewers' attention span is over and their focus wanders elsewhere.
And their votes can cancel out yours, and determine which rights government will feel emboldened to restrict.
[Via Stieger]
These people all have opinions they believe in, however ill-informed those may be. That means if you asked them questions about "gun control," you could expect more ignorance.
Government's media partners know this. They employ catch and release tactics, hitting their target audience with emotional appeals and sound bites that will penetrate and register before their viewers' attention span is over and their focus wanders elsewhere.
And their votes can cancel out yours, and determine which rights government will feel emboldened to restrict.
[Via Stieger]