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Cyrano

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15. Can Fox "news" be considered a cocktail that manipulates the brain?

Reply to lunatica (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 04:58 PM

Jan 2020

Love "Brave New World." Who would have ever conceived that an asshole like Trump would try to become "Big Brother?" And that millions of people would buy the snake oil being sold by this ignorant, malicious conman?

Perhaps this era should be labeled "Brave New World" version 2.0.

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Are Republicans a different species than the rest of us? [View all] Cyrano Jan 2020 OP

Yes. Our brains are different. mnhtnbb Jan 2020 #1

That was an interesting read. Thank you for posting it. Dem2theMax Jan 2020 #3

This is gross. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #2

What can I say? Cyrano Jan 2020 #6

Right, and that doesn't mean they're different species. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #8

This was in the news recently... tandem5 Jan 2020 #4

Disgust is the conservative moral axis... k2qb3 Jan 2020 #5

Species hell. Class at least, maybe Phylum yonder Jan 2020 #7

Thanks, yonder. You taught me a new word today. Cyrano Jan 2020 #13

... yonder Jan 2020 #14

There is no reason to think all members of a species are perfect samples lunatica Jan 2020 #9

Can Fox "news" be considered a cocktail that manipulates the brain? Cyrano Jan 2020 #15

It's the other way around lunatica Jan 2020 #16

They are actually the reptile people the tinfoil hat wears always yell about. nt Javaman Jan 2020 #10

Republicans have more than their fair share of mental problems. dubyadiprecession Jan 2020 #11

Sorry, but I believe that "mental problems" is not the right term Cyrano Jan 2020 #18

We are all carrying neanderthal genes within us cutroot Jan 2020 #12

Yes, they are Neanderfuckheads. LastDemocratInSC Jan 2020 #17

I'm beginning to wonder. ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #19

Generalizations can be problematic. Caliman73 Jan 2020 #20

I understand you, Caliman73, but Cyrano Jan 2020 #21

That is the problem. Caliman73 Jan 2020 #22

Watch 'The Arrival' with Charlie Sheen - get back to me alittlelark Jan 2020 #23