In an ad posted by Russian Trolls, there’s a wonderfully ludicrous painting of Jesus arm-wrestling Satan over whether Hillary (supported by the Prince of Darkness) or Trump (supported, of course, by Jesus) will win.
Scroll down to see the Arm-Wrestling piece (and others).
I don’t know if I should be amused by how ludicrous that ad is (“Press ‘LIKE’ to help Jesus Win!”) or appalled that it was probably effective.
Yeah I saw that myself today today on the New York Times. It’s a feature of a democracy is what it is. If communication is a tool to influence people you have to understand what influences people and what resonates. It’s interesting this forum’s desire to see cites. That’s not average behavior. I think those who are crafting these messages understands human psychology and intellect better than the average poster here.
It is a ludicrous and funny image. It is appalling that it resonates. It’s not surprising in the least. You’ll probably remember that ridiculous image for years.
It’s average behavior for reasonably-intelligent people who have been taught that gullibility is no virtue.
I won’t argue that point. But it must be remembered that those two criteria are what make that average of that subset different from the average of the whole set.
The caption above the arm-wrestle almost made me choke:
“…even though Donald Trump isn’t a saint by any means, he’s at least an honest man and he cares deeply for this country.”