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Thomas More said:
Unfortunately our memes have no effect on the left at all, despite how devastating they seem like they ought to be when we see them.
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Thomas More said:
Our stuff doesn't convince them or change their minds any more than their stuff does to us.
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Memes alone won't change deranged people's minds, but they can deal some psychological damage. If I can make a liberal cry, I'll settle for that.
 
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Robin
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Thomas More said:
I used to think this, but I think they just dismiss the idea presented in the memes as wrong headed.

It's like when we see some woke leftists saying all persons who identify as women deserve respect and access to OBGYN care. It seems insane to us, but to them it touches on a truth that is far deeper than Conservative hatefacts.

Our stuff doesn't convince them or change their minds any more than their stuff does to us.
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You'd be surprised what a good meme/comic can represent to someone on an issue they're invested in.

It is as you say above for most wokeites when they see 'memes that will make them cry' (speaking from experience). But hit the right area and doubt settles in.

Stonetoss did that for me.
Left leaning as I was, I was always anticommunist. Saw the one about 'I support the working class!' and just had to find it again one day.

Led me down a rabbit hole. At first I didn't mind the JQ-themed ones. I just skipped them, looking for more anti-commie ones. Then others appealed to me and now I get the JQ ones and even think they're a tad tame.
This took 2 or 3 years for me.

They work. Just not everything all the time.
It's less about relentless exposure and more about exacting precision.
 
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Thomas More

Crow
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7-5 said:
You'd be surprised what a good meme/comic can represent to someone on an issue they're invested in.

It is as you say above for most wokeites when they see 'memes that will make them cry' (speaking from experience). But hit the right area and doubt settles in.

Stonetoss did that for me.
Left leaning as I was, I was always anticommunist. Saw the one about 'I support the working class!' and just had to find it again one day.

Led me down a rabbit hole. At first I didn't mind the JQ-themed ones. I just skipped them, looking for more anti-commie ones. Then others appealed to me and now I get the JQ ones and even think they're a tad tame.
This took 2 or 3 years for me.

They work. Just not everything all the time.
It's less about relentless exposure and more about exacting precision.
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I agree that seekers will respond to memes. I've mentioned it above. For that purpose alone, they are worth it, although I think they are awesome, and it's worth it for people like us that already agree with the message to enjoy them.

However, for your typical leftist, like your cousin Sally the English major that attends Wellesley College, who has pronouns ze/zir; they have no impact on her. Not even your dankest meme of women making sandwiches for International Women's Day meme will phase her.

Edit: Stonetoss is definitely great! Basically, you're pointing out the guy who says Heh. I'm pointing out the ones that make him sweat.

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Robin
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However, for your typical leftist, like your cousin Sally the English major that attends Wellesley College, who has pronouns ze/zir; they have no impact on her. Not even your dankest meme of women making sandwiches for International Women's Day meme will phase her.
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I'm tellin' ya, man: I fit that bill back then. (Pronouns aside, wasn't a thing so much when I was among them).

'The Left Can't Meme' is definitely true (mostly). I wouldn't go out of my way to devalue this practice on our side.
 
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Crow
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I'm tellin' ya, man: I fit that bill back then. (Pronouns aside, wasn't a thing so much when I was among them).

'The Left Can't Meme' is definitely true (mostly). I wouldn't go out of my way to devalue this practice on our side.
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I'll have to admit, there's enough people here saying memes changed their own minds that I have to agree memes can be effective against the left. I still think it is a marginal thing, that most leftists dismiss most right leaning memes. However that's what everyone else is telling me. The memes chip away at their mindset.
 
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Thomas More said:
I'll have to admit, there's enough people here saying memes changed their own minds that I have to agree memes can be effective against the left. I still think it is a marginal thing, that most leftists dismiss most right leaning memes. However that's what everyone else is telling me. The memes chip away at their mindset.
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Propaganda gets a lot of its effectiveness from its repetition. Memes apply pressure in the opposite direction. For those who are viewing those memes, the effect of Regime propaganda is weakened since it no longer has exclusive access to the person's mind.
 
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