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W_HAMILTON

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62. This our nation's collective brain on rightwing propaganda for a few decades.

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Millions want the Nazi-loving prick back in the White House. WTF happened to America? [View all] Cyrano Dec 2023 OP

The media. nt Autumn Dec 2023 #1

I think that has a lot to do with it. LisaM Dec 2023 #7

The media has everything to do with it. The normalize him, they cover for him, they Autumn Dec 2023 #27

Exactly ! Rebl2 Dec 2023 #11

Exactly what I was going to say!!! rainy Dec 2023 #32

This country is built on white supremacy and until it's dismantled, we'll continue to struggle, no matter how much WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2023 #2

no this nation was built on escaping religious persecution from the Church of England and the KING reymega life Dec 2023 #3

For some members of the Massachusetts colony, that was true misanthrope Dec 2023 #5

the church had all the indigenous people killed btw reymega life Dec 2023 #8

They were all about corporations and a compact....it was called the Mayflower Compact.... turbinetree Dec 2023 #34

Molded by slavery and white supremacy. marmar Dec 2023 #44

hey I love my nation this nation is where I live in glad my family came here from the russian empire last century reymega life Dec 2023 #45

No it wasn't. It was built to enable a group that was Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #54

ask that to my mom's friends who are quakers whose ancestors fled England to come have a better life reymega life Dec 2023 #57

Go ask a black person ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #66

For many years, non-Puritans were forbidden to enter the early colonies. The Puritan hatred seemed, for some Scrivener7 Dec 2023 #71

SMH. TSExile Dec 2023 #4

My father would be apoplectic birdographer Dec 2023 #39

Is he getting away with it all? ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #67

Well... TSExile Dec 2023 #69

The Trump-embracing-Americans were always there... Septua Dec 2023 #6

+1000 Celerity Dec 2023 #9

agreed. They used to think they had to hide it to win elections... SYFROYH Dec 2023 #53

Soaked and stoked by Limbaugh et al... rubbersole Dec 2023 #60

More people seemed to take their civic duty seriously. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #10

All in the past it seems. Boomerproud Dec 2023 #13

I am going to wish you a Happy New Year right now. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #18

You're right, Irish Dem. But America's moral compass seems to have lost its way. Cyrano Dec 2023 #16

The GOP taps into the dark underbelly of human nature, expands and makes it visible. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #17

Irish_Dem bdamomma Dec 2023 #20

That is the thing that matters. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #26

Yeah bdamomma Dec 2023 #38

Thank you. Bdamomma. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #41

You're right. But seeing millions of Americans on the side of "evil," is dishearening. Cyrano Dec 2023 #23

and they do it while calling themselves CHRISTIAN Skittles Dec 2023 #47

Disappearance of local news. "Americans were learning less about people in their local betsuni Dec 2023 #50

People in a democracy must be educated and informed. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #68

Right wing propaganda and the magic R. Emile Dec 2023 #12

His supporters fall into 2 groups IMHO Mz Pip Dec 2023 #14

And millions more DON'T want him. Millions more. We kept him out of office before and will do it again and again and SWBTATTReg Dec 2023 #15

Misinformation and disinformation bdamomma Dec 2023 #19

Decades of right wing radio SocialDemocrat61 Dec 2023 #21

Every society requires a bit of social shaming to keep the yahoos in line. kairos12 Dec 2023 #22

First of all, we've ALWAYS had a layer of these types JHB Dec 2023 #24

Ok, it's Friday and I have had a few cocktails.......so when I say if that orange piece of shit a kennedy Dec 2023 #25

People don't change much. Trump turned the spotlight on something really ugly that we didn't want to look at. bullimiami Dec 2023 #28

those same people trust politicians more than doctors and scientists Skittles Dec 2023 #29

Societal rot and American grievance culture. BannonsLiver Dec 2023 #30

We all have battered wife syndrome. FalloutShelter Dec 2023 #31

Yes, bdamomma Dec 2023 #43

👍🏻 FalloutShelter Dec 2023 #48

Decades of RW AM radio & rise of the Christofascists set the stage and the election of Barack Obama catbyte Dec 2023 #33

What is horrific is well, all of it, but something that strikes me is that these speeches I think are written by.... viva la Dec 2023 #35

Rupert Murdoch. dalton99a Dec 2023 #36

I think millions more don't ColinC Dec 2023 #37

I doubt you are missing anything now. soldierant Dec 2023 #40

A lot of simple folk Aussie105 Dec 2023 #42

Fox News and AM talk radio. Initech Dec 2023 #46

ignorance and apathy Takket Dec 2023 #49

The decline in critical thinking skills Lithos Dec 2023 #51

A black man was elected POTUS, and tens of millions of assholes who RockRaven Dec 2023 #52

How many of those millions moondust Dec 2023 #55

That's the question that I often think about. LastDemocratInSC Dec 2023 #59

If I have an audience of millions and project crazy theories dclarston13 Dec 2023 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Dec 2023 #58

Here's the reason: A large number of Americans hate their fellow Americans more than they love America LonePirate Dec 2023 #61

This our nation's collective brain on rightwing propaganda for a few decades. W_HAMILTON Dec 2023 #62

Too many stupid fucks who 'flunked history', DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #63

Just saw David Brooks blame the educated meritocracy for radicalized populism. betsuni Dec 2023 #64

It's the same country it's always been. ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #65

Immigration Polybius Dec 2023 #70