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Shermann

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41. I think it's also the greener grass effect

Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:04 AM

Jan 2021

Trump cultivated the idea that all of the thorniest problems have super-easy solutions (trade deficits, national debt, immigration). Or, that they aren't really problems at all (climate change, race relations, coronavirus).

In reality these problems require stark choices be made, and there will be winners and losers. So when the pain of these tradeoffs and sacrifices is being felt, the MAGA-verse will flee to the narrative that there is an easier path we should be on.

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Apparently my neighbors are right wing wackos [View all] Whotheone Jan 2021 OP

My heart is so heavy Sugarmaggie Jan 2021 #1

If they could look at themselves from the outside in Rorey Jan 2021 #6

Strange but true. Some folks are incapable of introspection. jaxexpat Jan 2021 #27

Yes. They have been studied ever since WWII. Just imagine Hortensis Jan 2021 #43

Do you live next door to my sister?! yankeepants Jan 2021 #2

Did your sister marry my brother? Canoe52 Jan 2021 #22

Is your brother my hair dresser? WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2021 #40

It's not you. It's them. Cult mentality. secondwind Jan 2021 #3

That and the right-wing media bubble. Laelth Jan 2021 #49

My neighbor Rorey Jan 2021 #4

You forgot to remind them... mdbl Jan 2021 #5

They are brainwashed by fox and other right wing propaganda and actual informatiom diane in sf Jan 2021 #7

You/we have entered The Twilight Zone. I had a very similar KPN Jan 2021 #8

That's when you look at them and say. "you are smarter leftyladyfrommo Jan 2021 #23

Amazingly, he is! I'll remember that line if there's KPN Jan 2021 #52

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They are all the same, unbelievable! ToxMarz Jan 2021 #18

Try this the next time someone throws the "Socialist" label out there. WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2021 #45

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This... John Ludi Jan 2021 #11

Agree, keep your cards close to your chest, as they say. jaxexpat Jan 2021 #28

Avoid thy neighbor, twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #12

Stay away from them. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #13

yup. My 2 neighbors on our left side are trumpers. Thankfully they didn't put up any trump signs or onetexan Jan 2021 #24

I share your bewilderment. Jetheels Jan 2021 #14

a lot of "good" and "nice" people have been brainwashed Squidly Jan 2021 #15

They believe they are in possession of a deep knowledge that the rabble - us - don't possess. stopbush Jan 2021 #16

They think they're savvy to what's really going on Martin Eden Jan 2021 #17

You are describing my sister and her husband. appleannie1 Jan 2021 #42

I have conservative relatives I love Martin Eden Jan 2021 #55

I just wonder.. whathehell Jan 2021 #19

My Hannity loving aunt called me the other night. blueinredohio Jan 2021 #26

I can't imagine why they think.Covid is some sort of left wing plot, or something whathehell Jan 2021 #34

Of course most of the stuff she hears is from Fox news. blueinredohio Jan 2021 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author whathehell Jan 2021 #50

Well, there you go.. whathehell Jan 2021 #51

Remember, the majority of Americans are not as tuned DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #20

The nonbelievers change their tune when they're in the ICU. Ignore the fools. Vinca Jan 2021 #21

Not even then according to some very sad stories posted here recently. niyad Jan 2021 #36

Sounds like paranoia and mental instability, they are Trump cultists bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 #25

my conservative epal is a mask wearer + careful, but she pooh poohs are the shutdown. pansypoo53219 Jan 2021 #29

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"They" BGBD Jan 2021 #35

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Ignorance regarding the Internet and social media ecstatic Jan 2021 #38

"how are some people this far off from reality?' Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #39

I think it's also the greener grass effect Shermann Jan 2021 #41

I wonder if some of the crazy ideas are a test by Ilsa Jan 2021 #46

I believe Russia plants the seeds for these conspiracy theories..... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2021 #54

That information bubble they live in will burst in time. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2021 #53

Good idea! Duppers Jan 2021 #59

It's that damn word Socialist! Ziggysmom Jan 2021 #56

Same as the normal yearly flu??? How can anyone believe that?? beaglelover Jan 2021 #58

Never assume they they are right-wing just because of the radio station that was on Polybius Jan 2021 #60

mine too Piasladic Jan 2021 #61