The "Crying Immigrant Girl" Photo Being Proven Fake Is a Microcosm of Propaganda

in politics •  7 years ago 
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The extent of the media lying on these issues is getting to the point where it's going to become dangerous. Semi-related was the guy that doxxed the ICE agents, the combined factors are putting a target on those agents backs... at their homes.

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I call images like "crying girl" Outrage Porn.
(Dang, after publishing my comment I ended up doing a search, I guess that's a fairly common term... oh, well...)
It's designed to make you feel outraged and offended, and it's easily as addictive as drugs, alcohol, gambling and video games...

One of the things about Outrage Porn on social media sites, is it allows people to get their dopamine fixes, for each time they receive an upvote of approval, from the desired group.

What better why to fortify Propaganda than to give the viewers fixes of dopamine?