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In reply to the discussion: Fox news has made fools out of millions of Americans. [View all]Aussie105
(5,401 posts)tried his particular brand of Flavor-Aid dissemination to the masses in both Australia and England, and got his fingers severely scorched.
He's made his home in America, and doing very well. Unfortunately.
Seems that some Americans - lots of them, unfortunately - soak up everything without any critical thinking skills or fact checking applied.
Their brains must be a collective wasteland of random impulses and contradictory 'facts' and emotions.
I have noticed over the years, that if you want to start up a cult or religion based on distorted and/or unreal facts, the American countryside is the place to go if you want to succeed. Sorry to say that, but I believe that sincerely.
Heavy and healthy doses of scepticism and 'prove it!' needed, there.