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no_hypocrisy

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3. Trump not only lied. He made opinion into fact.

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Original post)

Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:34 AM

Apr 2022

Yesterday, I spent an entire period stressing to my fifth grade class the differences between fact and opinion.

Trump would bloviate his misguided opinions and then those opinions would be presented as verified facts.

No wonder 75% of the GOP believed/believes him.

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Al Franken straight talk about our present predicament. [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2022 OP

Many of us have been referencing 1984 since 2015. Boomerproud Apr 2022 #1

"1984" is a guidebook for despots. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2022 #2

Good analogy. n/t iluvtennis Apr 2022 #5

I have thought DENVERPOPS Apr 2022 #4

Trump not only lied. He made opinion into fact. no_hypocrisy Apr 2022 #3

+1 2naSalit Apr 2022 #6