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FakeNoose

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53. Brilliant achievement! Thanks for sharing your story

Reply to Pacifist Patriot (Original post)

Tue Aug 8, 2023, 10:17 AM

Aug 2023

We can all learn something from this.

The important thing is to get them to turn off Faux Noise. That's 90% of the battle.
The other 10% is the "fake news" stories they swap back and forth among themselves.

You broke the cycle with your brilliant challenge. Well done!

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Here's a deprogramming technique that surprisingly worked. One less Trump supporter! [View all] Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 OP

Great story! dlk Aug 2023 #1

Interesting! Ty for your effort/idea. Some "one less" in the right areas could make a different electric_blue68 Aug 2023 #2

Awesome Chi67 Aug 2023 #3

You, sir, are MOMFUDSKI Aug 2023 #4

A gentlewoman and a scholar. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #14

Indeed! Nictuku Aug 2023 #37

Well Done! 2naSalit Aug 2023 #5

Well done! ms liberty Aug 2023 #6

I do worry... Think. Again. Aug 2023 #7

Deprogramming isn't being hyperbolic. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #13

Congrats, way to go. n/t iluvtennis Aug 2023 #8

Love this. Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #9

This is a great achievement! ShazzieB Aug 2023 #10

I honestly have no earthly idea how I came up with it. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #12

For some reason, soldierant Aug 2023 #33

I think the key reason the local news angle worked is because ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #35

Brilliant !!! Karadeniz Aug 2023 #11

Kick orangecrush Aug 2023 #15

Brilliant! I wonder whether there is a less homework-intensive way to diva77 Aug 2023 #16

David Sedaris, the writer, was interviewd recently..his father got deprogramned by... Demovictory9 Aug 2023 #17

I love it. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #24

I did that with an extreme right winger I know by telling her to try NPR. Hamlette Aug 2023 #18

I had a guy agree to turn off FOX for a couple days. rickford66 Aug 2023 #19

It's a drug. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #25

That was incredible! You sre awesome! nt Ilsa Aug 2023 #20

This is brilliant AmBlue Aug 2023 #21

Thank you for remaining calm and taking the time. Cheers. nt Esra Star Aug 2023 #22

Cheers to you Pacifist Patriot! BaronChocula Aug 2023 #23

Pacifist Patriot, if this country survives, it will be because of people like you! BComplex Aug 2023 #26

Inspirational. If people are honest, they can change their minds. ancianita Aug 2023 #27

NICE work, Pacifist Patriot! calimary Aug 2023 #28

That's a great story and great result! Very creative of KPN Aug 2023 #29

Tremendous! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #30

Wow! Good for you! Wild blueberry Aug 2023 #31

My local news is lead-and-bleed. I don't think watching it changes anything. live love laugh Aug 2023 #32

Our local news is weather, ag ads, sappy human interest, SharonClark Aug 2023 #34

You are a hero! Well done! chia Aug 2023 #36

9 days. Turbineguy Aug 2023 #38

Wow. I can't believe she agreed Catherine Vincent Aug 2023 #39

She was someone who was radicalized relatively recently but.. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #45

I would have thought two old fashioneds Snooper9 Aug 2023 #40

Good work! wryter2000 Aug 2023 #41

I do think that having been radicalized relatively recently... Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #44

Wonderful idea and result! Too many people don't know the difference between propaganda Lonestarblue Aug 2023 #42

Deutchland was in a bad way after WWI and totally ready for...something. Ligyron Aug 2023 #46

Great OP malaise Aug 2023 #43

Well done! Best_man23 Aug 2023 #47

great post rampartc Aug 2023 #48

You found a needle in a haystack. Woodwizard Aug 2023 #49

Yeah, I don't think this would happen with just anyone. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #50

Oh yeah the cult is out there. Woodwizard Aug 2023 #52

Even so, that's one less. calimary Aug 2023 #58

We need a national challenge like this. 70+% of republicans believe Biden didn't win the election. JudyM Aug 2023 #51

Brilliant achievement! Thanks for sharing your story FakeNoose Aug 2023 #53

Honestly, I'm not sure if it isn't the other way around. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #54

its all about where their info comes from. my smart global warming phd science cousin is also a pansypoo53219 Aug 2023 #55

TAX THE CHURCHES! OMGWTF Aug 2023 #56

Interesting stuff nice I want to deprogram a family member Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2023 #57

Pacifist Patriot.......... Upthevibe Aug 2023 #59

it's never just one person AlexSFCA Aug 2023 #60