The Bogey Men

In parsing disinformation by using the Disinfolklore analytical method sometimes you will be able to spot when you are being manipulated when you recognise a Bogey Man character. Perennial Bogey Men characters in Trump or Brexit Disinfolklore are immigrants, woke, trans or female individuals. So sometimes, when you see these archetypes personalised in stories in, say, the Daily Mail, you will understand that you are being subjected to a Disinfolklore operation.

Source: Disinfolklore (6) (Substack essay)

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