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Mysterian

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13. Thank Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 11:09 AM

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The billionaire-owned mass media has spewed right-wing propaganda for decades. There are simply no liberal, truthful equivalents to Fox "News," Sinclair, etc. Even the major networks we have always considered neutral (ABC,CBS,NBC) are part of the media monopoly and are biased heavily to the right. Humans are gullible and propaganda works.

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I cannot comprehend how people keep voting for Republicans. [View all] milestogo Saturday OP

Brainwashing from a young age to HATE anyone with a D behind their names. I live in the deep south. Ferrets are Cool Saturday #1

Their hatred is greater than their common sense. Polly Hennessey Saturday #2

Read the comments on Facebook posts about ICE CanonRay Saturday #3

Propaganda + ignorance x hate America 2025 31st Street Bridge Saturday #4

They like what's happening. It ain't that deep WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #5

Tribalism is a powerful drug. sop Saturday #6

Deep South ZDU Saturday #7

i frequently work outside orleans parish, in scalia country. rampartd Saturday #9

2 things: Botany Saturday #8

We also allowed these awful churches to preach politics from the pulpit, travelingthrulife Saturday #12

And those churches spread Russian produced misinformation all the time to such as anti vaccine and anti Botany Saturday #16

Many of them vote AGAINST Democrats and Liberals leftstreet Saturday #10

Cult NewHendoLib Saturday #11

Thank Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television Mysterian Saturday #13

They start voting because they are stupid, they keep voting because they are very very stupid. nt yaesu Saturday #14

There are some really really racist and stupid people in this country Johonny Saturday #15

I can. It's that same ol bluestarone Saturday #17

Racism, religion, and ignorance - Snarkoleptic Saturday #18

Bigotry and resentment towards others JI7 Saturday #19

I was visiting my husbands family in Arizona last week kimbutgar Saturday #20

A few reasons.... biocube Saturday #21

Tribalism. Sneederbunk Saturday #22

Republicans do understand it, they just don't give a damn and/or see it as a desirable characteristic. Silent Type Saturday #23

The mix of racism, anti-brown immigrants, RW religion, and don't forget sexism re Hillary, and Kamala, though... electric_blue68 Saturday #24

K&R Scott Alan Swaggerty Sunday #25

Keep in mind that the "dumbing down" of America has been a right-wing project for YEARS... buzzycrumbhunger Sunday #26

So a rich republican ( or a group of rich republicans) questionseverything Sunday #27

They're shitty people. Iggo Sunday #28

Between abortion and support for the poor, republicans and the media have branded us as evil socialist commies whatevers unblock Sunday #29

As most already said above, HATE, HATE, and B.See Sunday #30

WILFULL IGNORANCE Emile Sunday #31

seems the great majority of magats, imo, are STUPID PEOPLE (dumbfucks, uneducated, lowlifes) orleans Sunday #32

Some of them are brainwashed. milestogo Sunday #33

Come for the hate racism. Blame Dems for the consequences of their bad choices. usonian Sunday #34