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niyad

(113,074 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2020, 09:29 PM Jul 2020

It occurs to me that the karen/ken hysteria, and the anti-maskers psychosis, reminds me of the [View all]

witch burnings. Crazed people, clearly under some pernicious influence, going around making bizarre accusations, behaving in completely hysterical ways. Pitchforks and pyres next?

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It occurs to me that the karen/ken hysteria, and the anti-maskers psychosis, reminds me of the [View all] niyad Jul 2020 OP

hard to understand, I know they don't Demonaut Jul 2020 #1

Fuck.... Maybe we should check our wheat crops Nevilledog Jul 2020 #2

Yup, maybe it's ergot poisoning! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #3

I have been maintaining for years that there is something in the water. But the grain crops niyad Jul 2020 #4

They're missing something in their DNA sequences Nevilledog Jul 2020 #7

Wow. Interesting correlation. tanyev Jul 2020 #5

Those same people are gonna sign up for the ICE immigrant hunting license BamaRefugee Jul 2020 #6

A truly frightening prospect. niyad Jul 2020 #9

The followers of a cult getting their self worth by taking on policing and applegrove Jul 2020 #8

I've seen Covid described as a blood disease SledDriver Jul 2020 #10

Both extremely interesting hypotheses. We are only beginning to see some of the other effects niyad Jul 2020 #13

They're not going to go quietly gratuitous Jul 2020 #11

They are products of a generation of Fux Ruse watchers. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #12

I do like that name! niyad Jul 2020 #14

I think the Karen meme is being used by the would-be witch burners delisen Jul 2020 #15

History is filled with village idiots. C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #16