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treestar

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8. Only at first blush

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 1, 2012, 09:02 PM

Jan 2012

Once the left wingers see the other things he stands for - and that is the information we would spread on a message board - he'll lose that initial impulsive support.

You are right that the left does have many impulsive people who will react on hearing just one thing. But that does not mean you can manipulate them forever.

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