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lunasun

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32. Yep it's a whole basket full of crap not just religion imo

Reply to Xolodno (Reply #19)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 12:44 PM

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Why Do Republicans Believe Anything They're Told? [View all] MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

I love your posts Mineral Man.... redstatebluegirl Oct 2018 #1

Aww....Shucks... MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

I've been saying this for years... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #3

Yup. It's not a new idea. I just thought I'd say it again. MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

Absolutely... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #7

Well, I never stopped doing that. MineralMan Oct 2018 #9

Wtf wounded bear the earth isn't flat TEB Oct 2018 #10

Importance of real education (including history) being diminished for years by repugs; elleng Oct 2018 #5

Indoctrination from early childhood trumps education MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

You nailed it TEB Oct 2018 #12

IMHO because they *want* to believe Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #8

In many cases, that predisposition is a learned thing. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13

Yup Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #16

spot on MM. Kurt V. Oct 2018 #11

Thanks for the link! MineralMan Oct 2018 #14

It isn't just the evangelicals though Cosmocat Oct 2018 #15

"Lying" is their native tongue. CentralMass Oct 2018 #17

That, sure. But people in general believe that which is repeated NRaleighLiberal Oct 2018 #18

You are so right! FM123 Oct 2018 #23

It has nothing to do with religion... Xolodno Oct 2018 #19

Yep it's a whole basket full of crap not just religion imo lunasun Oct 2018 #32

And the sooner we accept the truth of that the sooner we can move on. lunatica Oct 2018 #20

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything meow2u3 Oct 2018 #21

There's also a long tradition of hare-em scare-em stories and urban legends JHB Oct 2018 #22

Just plain gullible and dumb. democratisphere Oct 2018 #24

Gullible people like things put into very simple terms. llmart Oct 2018 #34

The root of the problem is the right are not good at discerning character of their "in group". uponit7771 Oct 2018 #25

Stupid folks look backwards. Smart folks look forward, they can see both past and future. Fred Sanders Oct 2018 #26

They are not willing to listen to the long, boring reality of things. maxsolomon Oct 2018 #27

Their authoritarian mindset may play into it, too treestar Oct 2018 #28

Banana Republican epistemology hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2018 #29

People believe what validates their own interest and position Fresh_Start Oct 2018 #30

Dinosaurs never walked the earth. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #31

+These kind of people used to be a joke . Now they are all over the place and often in charge lunasun Oct 2018 #33