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Hortensis

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8. Lol. Definitely. I'm pretty sure she's capable of being intelligent,

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 30, 2018, 04:45 PM

Mar 2018

but that her personality has interfered with her judgement and what she has accepted as information all her life. Same with all those whose radical/reactionary, personality-driven wishes require massive dishonesty to support.

Mainstream people are often wrong, of course, but mainstream thinking is the product of people who overall have a relatively greater ability to recognize and accept truth.

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I cringe even thinking about this. [View all] boston bean Mar 2018 OP

Send your aunt this Gothmog Mar 2018 #1

You can't pick your relatives. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #2

Lol. Definitely. I'm pretty sure she's capable of being intelligent, Hortensis Mar 2018 #8

Sorry, But I Could Not Have Left That As It Was Leith Mar 2018 #3

This was over christmas. I did gasp and had a look of astonishment on my face. boston bean Mar 2018 #4

Is this the same aunt who was visiting and insisted on watching Fux Ruse BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #5

Exactly!! Jeez you have a good memory!! boston bean Mar 2018 #7

I know, it's weird. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #9

Intelligent at Fox News ....consider the company around her underpants Mar 2018 #6

Everything is relative. gibraltar72 Mar 2018 #10