It does appear to be dishonest claiming to be a grassroots organization yet getting most of your funding and organization from either very rich benefactors or special interest groups, like Freedom Works.
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> very true. if a group is receiving most of their funding from a well >> funded special interest group or very wealthy benefactors, like the >> Koch brothers, then that completely distorts the intended message. It >> becomes astroturf in the eyes of the public. No matter how meritorious >> the message, its invalidated. > > > I'm not sure that the "public" is generally aware of funding, or even of > the real messages these organizations are putting out. > > I'd also say that, personally for me, as long as the message > is obviously well thought out and not flirting with the edges of acceptable > behavior and tone, I'm willing to listen to it. I'd like to think that I > have a fairly accurate bullshit meter. Most important really is the ability > to tell when you need to research a wild claim before automatically buying > into it, rather then simply drinking from it's source. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
