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Shermann

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4. I used to try all these clever analogies to bring a point home

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2020, 08:08 PM

May 2020

But if they were capable of the abstract thinking skills required to apply knowledge gained from one situation to a similar one while minding any differences, they wouldn't be conservatives in the first place.

They do understand memes though, many are full-blown "memeists". So I just him them with those now.

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