What goes on in the public debates is just feed material for blogs, “news” items, mentions by DJs on radio, and so forth.
The pervasive immersive chanting can be more effective in changing people’s minds.
Consider the effectiveness of the constant mutter of “it’s Bush’s Fault” that was a constant factor on almost all media when he was President.
Stefi probably had instructions to hammer the point because other people had plans for the resulting material, no matter how stupid it seemed at the time.