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M'fers brains are just broken. How do we survive this.
By reaching out to them instead of ridiculing all of them. Sure, a lot of them are completely hopeless and unreedemable, but a great number of them are not.
I get what you're saying, but anyone still supporting this guy is well beyond just reaching out. Nothing, I really mean nothing, you say will make an impact because of how isolated the source of information they get is. Anyone on the fence has already jumped off.
John Stewart had a great segment recently where he really went off on "the media" but I kinda disagreed with his "there is no 2 realities" thing.
I understand he means there is only one truth, the chicken either crossed the road or it didn't, we don't have Schrodinger's chicken, but what we DO have are media outlets with a specific agenda that WANT to create an alternate reality where they are always the victim and they are always correct. Whether we like it or not we do have multiple stories of our shared reality and when you choose to follow one of them you decide what reality you want to believe you live within...
Again, my daily mantra: I FUCKING HATE PROPAGANDISTS!
I agree on the 2 reality thing. Anyone who disagrees can go look at this most recent trial coverage, or any of the hearings and see that is the case. Anytime anyone says anything it's only for the clip to be on the news that night and that's it. An endless loop of the same thing. I literally went to read the jury instructions on the NY court website then immediately saw a flat out lie about what they were.
Are you fucking kidding me with this bullshit?! You don't really believe this, do you?
To them, we're all a bunch of baby-eating, baby-fucking Satan worshippers, the most evil sort of evil, and you don't compromise with evil. Gawd is on their side, and we're the devil incarnate to be opposed by word all the time, and by action (with guns) when they feel they can get away with it. Don't believe me? See this article and know that these people are fucking nuts and fucking real.
The only ones that can pull them out of the BS factory are they themselves. And unless and until they choose to do so, I am sure fucking going to keep ridiculing them.
Our better play is to stop thinking that we can tolerate 4 more years of Trump just because we didn't get EVERYTHING we wanted out of Biden. The Trumpers are firmly devoted to their God-Emperor, and those who are voting GQP who don't like Trump are despicable and unreachable in their own rights.
God, I hope it's not the same baby...
In their minds, it's most likely the same baby.
Yeah, like every other blanket statement on a large group of people, that's not true dude. Touch grass et al.
Fucking true enough. Fuck off with your touch grass bullshit.
Please share with us your reasoning and evidence that there are a great number who are not irredeemable. Because I don't see it.