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Miles Archer

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6. It's a by-product of unrelenting "whataboutism."

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:37 AM

9 hrs ago

Every time Republicans get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, it's "Well, (fill in Democrat's name here) did (fill in a conspiracy theory), and that's worse!"

And, the easily fooled and intellectually incurious members of the general public take it all in and decide they have to be just as wary of Democrats as they are of Republicans.

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