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(14,675 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,630 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)hopemountain
(3,919 posts)and mean people in my family call themselves "born again". they are the real 'anti-christ'. it is an army.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Really does point out the benighted shallow stupidity of right wingers.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)get involved in wars, turn the country over to Big Money and, heck, the frackers, and mask all that with fearmonger ... we gotta oppose them and any coy attempts at whitewashing them, right?
right?
TBF
(32,060 posts)stage left
(2,962 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)I understand many people are low-information voters, but even at that, I have difficulty with people I hear spouting the most outlandish rubbish...and believing it! The truth could kick them in the ass...they would never admit that it was truth...
daleanime
(17,796 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)3catwoman3
(23,983 posts)...summary.
How people don't "get" this continues to amaze me. Denial is such a powerful defense mechanism.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)-Blame illegal immigrants for job losses while signing free trade agreements
-Blame the poor for all the unemployment caused by corporations offshoring jobs
-Blame raped women for "wearing that dress" instead of her attacker
-Blame unions for their living wages instead of right to work laws that take that away
-Blame the Democratic President for stuff being so expensive despite the oligopolies that are artificially inflating the price of goods.
And on and on and on.
3catwoman3
(23,983 posts)...is OK at the movies, but not so good in real life.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)Who was telling people in Miami that regulations, taxes, and government spending were the reasons that our economy are in the shitter.