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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:37 PM Oct 2020

Trumpists' philosophy in a nutshell: if you call a banana an apple often enough and loud enough,

it will change its color to red, its shape to globular and will make a very fine pie if you pare it, remove the core and seeds and bake slices of it in a flaky crust sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.

IT'S APPLE PIE, DAMMIT! HAVE ANOTHER SLICE!

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Trumpists' philosophy in a nutshell: if you call a banana an apple often enough and loud enough, (Original Post) Atticus Oct 2020 OP

"A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth." -- Joseph Goebbels regnaD kciN Oct 2020 #1

And it seemingly works with about 35% of the population. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #3

If it benefits your ideology ego_nation Oct 2020 #2

It'll be known as the Post-fact Era. nt Ilsa Oct 2020 #4

Mr Lake has said from one of Scott Walker's election. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #5

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)

1. "A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth." -- Joseph Goebbels

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:39 PM

Oct 2020

Say what you want about Trump and the Republicans -- no one can ever claim that they didn't learn from their historical predecessors.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)

3. And it seemingly works with about 35% of the population.

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:46 PM

Oct 2020

ego_nation

(123 posts)

2. If it benefits your ideology

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:42 PM

Oct 2020

and enough people buy into it, that’s all that’s really needed for them.

Ilsa

(61,698 posts)

4. It'll be known as the Post-fact Era. nt

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:48 PM

Oct 2020

LakeArenal

(28,845 posts)

5. Mr Lake has said from one of Scott Walker's election.

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 04:55 PM

Oct 2020

He also thinks trump will skate. No jail.

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