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Nevernose

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11. Yet we fall for it over and over and over again

Reply to The_Casual_Observer (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 08:17 PM

Sep 2017

And not only do we keep falling for the same lies about whoever our enemies du jour are, we keep believing (or, worse, ignoring) the same lies about ourselves.

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On the Vietnam War series, it said 58 percent of the American public [View all] raccoon Sep 2017 OP

Do you recall that a huge majority of the US population was in favor of invading Iraq? The_Casual_Observer Sep 2017 #1

Yes, thanks for the reminder. Nt raccoon Sep 2017 #4

We need more bdamomma Sep 2017 #8

Yet we fall for it over and over and over again Nevernose Sep 2017 #11

Oh yeah; it was very controversial, and a lot of people thought The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #2

I wasn't around then, and I haven't seen the Ken Burns series ProudLib72 Sep 2017 #6

It was pervasive... tonedevil Sep 2017 #10

I'm curious who took the pole?? mitch96 Sep 2017 #3

It didn't say. Nt raccoon Sep 2017 #5

The sooner white are reduced to 30-40% of the population, the sooner we'll no longer see such large jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #7

Racist much? NobodyHere Sep 2017 #14

Poll data almost always invariably shows that whites favor aggressive policing more than minorities jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #20

Do tell sarisataka Sep 2017 #15

I never said "we" are doing anything, did I? jcmaine72 Sep 2017 #17

I'm Going To Disagree RobinA Sep 2017 #16

I agree Beringia Sep 2017 #19

Exactly. That poster knows/understands very little history. bluepen Sep 2017 #21

Watching now on PBS bdamomma Sep 2017 #9

The final episode is tomorrow, so this would be Episode 9. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Sep 2017 #18

I remember Kent and I am surprised doc03 Sep 2017 #12

I remember that time well. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2017 #13