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inthewind21

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Reply to ExWhoDoesntCare (Reply #27)

Fri Nov 10, 2023, 02:09 PM

Nov 2023

example of people taking as fact based merely on what they heard.

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We are prone to magical thinking, you know clap your hands and wish real hard and it'll happen Walleye Nov 2023 #1

If you watch Jordan Klepper's pieces at Trump rallies, you know that... NCIndie Nov 2023 #2

Or just this ITAL Nov 2023 #3

The resurgence of fascism is a global phenomena. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #4

I liked this guy's take redqueen Nov 2023 #7

Reich was part of the intellectual circle around the frankfurt institute for social research Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #9

Yes and no. harumph Nov 2023 #15

'Many' is an overstatement. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #21

Fascism is filling a void n/t leftstreet Nov 2023 #18

And Lacan enters the dialogue. Voltaire2 Nov 2023 #19

LOL leftstreet Nov 2023 #20

Fascism, a new perfume Celerity Nov 2023 #30

Because racism is the bedrock foundation of the United States John Shaft Nov 2023 #5

Most People aren't smart. I'm sorry. They're just not. Funtatlaguy Nov 2023 #6

And/Or inthewind21 Nov 2023 #25

I cannot name a more gullible group of people than Evangelical Christians CanonRay Nov 2023 #8

This is not a uniquely American phenomenon redqueen Nov 2023 #10

And, by the way Beatlelvr Nov 2023 #11

Civics are taught in the vast majority of schools Cosmocat Nov 2023 #24

This is a lie, and one that's long been debunked ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #27

I Sub In 20 Schools ProfessorGAC Nov 2023 #35

Classic inthewind21 Nov 2023 #37

Read Rachel Maddow's "Prequel" Happy Hoosier Nov 2023 #12

Never underestimate the number of stupid people who surround you Simeon Salus Nov 2023 #13

People are not self aware of their own biases and prejudices. Yavin4 Nov 2023 #14

fixed it harumph Nov 2023 #17

Economic Anxiety silly!!! LOL. 617Blue Nov 2023 #16

It didn't take many people to put Trump in office leftstreet Nov 2023 #22

Source isolation, just like in Russia uponit7771 Nov 2023 #23

Because they're stupid ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #26

Don't discount consumerism here underpants Nov 2023 #28

He had them at MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #29

This quote says it all: Dulcinea Nov 2023 #31

The American culture warmonger scam defies parody. Marcuse Nov 2023 #32

George Carlin said it best Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2023 #33

For the same reasons they consider a velvet Elvis as art, McDonalds as food, The Bachelor as entertainment and yonder Nov 2023 #34

Because we're a nation of morons BannonsLiver Nov 2023 #36

Rupert Murdoch dickthegrouch Nov 2023 #38