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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Wed Sep 30, 2020, 09:15 PM Sep 2020

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Opinion: America has always had many poorly educated ignorant people, but...

never have they been this influential.

They belief in conspiracy theories, are vocal, violent and are on social media. It's scary.

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Opinion: America has always had many poorly educated ignorant people, but... (Original Post) El Supremo Sep 2020 OP

Archaic American institutions: the Senate and the Electoral College. Sparkly Sep 2020 #1

Blame talk radio Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #2

and Fox News and the NRA as well. mtnsnake Sep 2020 #3

there's cash to be made in keeping people uriel1972 Sep 2020 #4

Sparkly

(24,147 posts)

1. Archaic American institutions: the Senate and the Electoral College.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 09:17 PM

Sep 2020

Their representational structures have FAR outlived their purposes. This is a tyranny of an ignorant minority.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,102 posts)

2. Blame talk radio

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 09:31 PM

Sep 2020

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)

3. and Fox News and the NRA as well.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 09:32 PM

Sep 2020

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

4. there's cash to be made in keeping people

Reply to mtnsnake (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 09:34 PM

Sep 2020

ignorant and spiteful.

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