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Initech

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7. 40 years of one sided, unchecked, right wing propaganda brought us here.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Nov 18, 2020, 10:07 AM

Nov 2020

And I think what really did it was the merging of right wing radio with conspiracy theory radio. We used to laugh at conspiracy theorists and now they're in the White House writing policies.

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Dan Rather: "How can people not see the truth when it is everywhere?" [View all] babylonsister Nov 2020 OP

There are none so blind....... Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #1

many seem to struggle believing it is a cult. Use that lens and it NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #2

Dan Rather has a show on SiriusXM Progressive Talk Radio Cirque du So-What Nov 2020 #3

Sorry, Dan, but "doing a better job of describing" won't work against... JHB Nov 2020 #4

+1 n/t Laelth Nov 2020 #5

Yep, RW media has conditioned people Ohioboy Nov 2020 #6

The hack now is not the machines, it's the minds. lagomorph777 Nov 2020 #10

40 years of one sided, unchecked, right wing propaganda brought us here. Initech Nov 2020 #7

Between right wing hate radio, right wing blogs and Fox,newsmax and something else... Mr. Sparkle Nov 2020 #8

Rush will "retire" soon. There is room for optimism. n/t Eyeball_Kid Nov 2020 #14

Dan, Dan, Dan.... Locrian Nov 2020 #9

A near-perfect cult expansion machine. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #19

The truth lies in two short, simple words in Dan's question . . . RobertDevereaux Nov 2020 #11

Love is blind, the love of fascism, the love of cult, there is no getting through to these people yaesu Nov 2020 #12

Also matt819 Nov 2020 #13

They believe opinion instead of facts. pwb Nov 2020 #15

K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #16

There is nothing wrong about the way the horror is being described. Trumpers just believe ooky Nov 2020 #17

People won't see what they do not want to see BadGimp Nov 2020 #18

One of the ads that affected me most was by Meidas (?) which showed a photo of a healthy man and diva77 Nov 2020 #20

Because brainwashed to the marrow is Cha Nov 2020 #21