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ZombieHorde

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1. One of my professors said the existence brainwashing was controversial.

Reply to apples and oranges (Original post)

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 02:22 PM

Apr 2013

I guess some to many psychologists and sociologists don't believe people are actually "brainwashed," they're just convinced of something else, which is fairly common place, and this is why the US doesn't have de-brainwashing clinics like we used to in the 1980s.

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I was wondering why the media kept referring to radicalization as opposed to brainwashing [View all] apples and oranges Apr 2013 OP

One of my professors said the existence brainwashing was controversial. ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #1