Brainwashing is REAL!!

[Lobo27]

Last edited Fri May 18, 2018, 03:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Just now at work, I tell a fellow coworker about the school shooting. (we live in Tx) His immediate response was that it was democrat's fault. But he had no answers as to why.

I then said it is not right that we seem to be the only country where this is constant. His response was it happens everywhere it's just that the dems and the liberal media wont show it to us.

What conservatives have done to many people in this country is a travesty. Shameful.

[cilla4progress]

1. Absolutely.

And that being the case, darn near impossible to get them to see truth and change their minds.

[lapfog_1]

2. Had a very short discussion with a Trumper yesterday

he switched the TV (at a truck stop) to Faux. And proceeded to try to tell me "I can't believe that Obama put a spy into Trump's campaign". I said "No, he didn't. This is fake news." He said "You must be a liberal! Trump is doing so many great things you can't stand it." I said "Well, he did Stormy Daniels, so there's that!" He said "Nothing wrong with fucking a Prostitute" (forgetting that a) she isn't a prostitute and b) it's not that he had sex with her - it's that he tried to hush it up before the election by paying her).

Sigh...

There really is no getting to these people. They are brainwashed deplorables secure in the facts as Faux and Rush tell them.

[NewJeffCT]

5. while I don't agree with the law

in most places, having sex with a prostitute is illegal.

and, Rush and Fox News have both been around for over 20 years now - the BS is now warping a whole new generation.

[lapfog_1]

9. She isn't a prostitute... she is a porn star

and if you know any porn stars... and I happen to know two... they are very touchy about that.

They get paid to have sex on camera, but they also get to say "no thanks" if they don't like something about the "co-star".

Trump didn't offer to pay Stormy for their night together, according to Stormy... he has offered other women money.

Obviously she thought she was going to get something out of the encounter... a shot at The Apprentice or to get paid big bucks for recounting her story to a magazine "I slept with the Donald" in a tabloid. I can't imagine that she was attracted to him.

Not sure about the law in Nevada... some places prostitution is legal, but likely only certain counties and within the confines of the brothel. Again, I don't know that... just speculation.

[NewJeffCT]

11. understood

I never said she was a prostitute - your "friend" said that having sex with a prostitute was fine.

If Monica Lewinsky had been a prostitute instead of an intern, Bill Clinton likely would have been convicted after he was impeached.

[lapfog_1]

12. oh... yeah... but I don't think Trump broke the law with Stormy

not until Cohen paid her hush money that is. Illegal campaign contribution...

[NewJeffCT]

14. Not sure

didn't she say he offered her money?

[lapfog_1]

17. The playboy model said he offered her money

Trump talked up an appearance on The Apprentice with Stormy. Which never materialized.

[niyad]

19. so this asshole is okay with adultery? does he remember that mel had recently birthed barron?

never mind, we know the answer.

[Botany]

3. Don't talk to that person except for work and to be polite when needed

He is brain gets a steady stream of right wing talking points. The right and the rich has spent
billions of dollars in order to make people think that public schools are bad, Jesus is under attack,
you need a gun to protect "your freedoms," science isn't real, and the media is too liberal.

[MrScorpio]

4. Very real.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. I did a research paper on cults and brainwashing. Brainwashing diminishes when the influence removed

.

After a couple of years, the subjects almost completely return to their old selves.

The problem is, the cult is their community, their church, their family and friends.

.

[unblock]

7. foxnews is a drug dealer. dopamine and cortisol is a dangerously addictive combination.

[KT2000]

18. that's it exactly

That is what I have observed. Viewers have to watch as much as they can until they have to unload all their angst. They then look for others who share their addiction so they can rant to each other or find anyone close by to share the daily fear.

Dopamine, cortisol etc. make otherwise bored people feel alive and important. Spewing the latest talking point makes them believe they are smart and in the know. fox supplies food for needy egos.

[yonder]

8. It's just no use when they're lost like that.

2+2=5, up is down, the sky is green, rock fall raises sea level, true is false. They can believe whatever they're told, without the challenge of thinking because thinking is a challenge. For them. They are lost.

[SummerSnow]

10. I do not talk to Trump supporters ...ever

[dawg]

15. Where I live, I do not have that luxury.

[SummerSnow]

22. I live in NYC, they keep a very low key.

[Snackshack]

13. I am now...

Convinced that “Idiocracy” was a documentary disguised as a “Comedy”.

I would not be surprised in anyway if I heard a certain segment of the population argue for using Gatorade for crop irrigation...because it has got what plants crave.

[dawg]

16. Brawndo.

It's the thirst mutilator.

What are you going to do - irrigate with water? That's what we put in the toilet!

[niyad]

20. one would be tempted to point out that the rest of the world's media is NOT controlled by

this country, so there would be plenty of coverage. but then, that would require sentience on his part--highly unlikely.

[niyad]

21. or, in this case (as with so many) more of a light rinse.