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Mr. Ected

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24. Divide and conquer

Reply to malchickiwick (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 07:22 AM

Jun 2018

There is now a complete wall of separation between so-called conservatives and progressives. We know they're corrupt and they BELIEVE we are. We are shown their transgressions and act to counter them. They are informed of our excesses, mostly imagined, and they counter us like locust plague.

I'm sure if a poll was taken right now among FOX viewers as to who poses a greater threat to American democracy, Hillary Clinton or Vlad Putin, they'd choose Hillary by an overwhelming margin. Such is the state of political opinion in the USA in 2018. It's hard to overcome an electorate that has been conditioned over many decades to disbelieve a free press and to accept theory as fact, like Pavlov's dog and the ringing of a bell.

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What in the name of all that is good and holy has happened to my country??? [View all] malchickiwick Jun 2018 OP

The confederates were smarter this time... renegade000 Jun 2018 #1

We suffer from cult of personality, from fascism and from lovemydogs Jun 2018 #2

The GOP started down this road around the time you were born. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #3

Surprisingly Joseph Mccarthy. MrPool Jun 2018 #4

Who are whathehell Jun 2018 #5

The ones who follow on Glen Greenwalds MrPool Jun 2018 #6

Jill Stein, and those who support her. pnwmom Jun 2018 #16

Agreed. Snackshack Jun 2018 #7

Trump may go at some point but the conserves that worship him won't. Kablooie Jun 2018 #8

Which is why Pence scares me Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #15

I was born in August, 1948. I'll turn 70 in a couple of months. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #9

I am the same age as you, murielm99 Jun 2018 #17

What went wrong? Ronald Reagan. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #10

I remember that Dark Day. byronius Jun 2018 #12

Agree, I count Raygun as the beginning of the end Raine Jun 2018 #14

What I dont understand Cosmocat Jun 2018 #21

Just turned 71 colorado_ufo Jun 2018 #11

White patriarchs and the Stepford women who follow them Funtatlaguy Jun 2018 #13

The assassinations of JFK, MLK, Jr., and RFK tilted everything rightward, and it's never recovered. VOX Jun 2018 #18

What Jim Morrosin wrote that year about the earth could also be said about the country DFW Jun 2018 #19

As a history teacher.. TimeSnowDemos Jun 2018 #20

Well said. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #25

It's Alarming colsohlibgal Jun 2018 #22

Something bad and unholy MFM008 Jun 2018 #23

June 14, Flag Day. colorado_ufo Jun 2018 #29

Divide and conquer Mr. Ected Jun 2018 #24

No. Not Benedict Arnold and Joseph Mccarthy. pangaia Jun 2018 #26

Fascism comes to America wrapped in a flag & a bible donkeypoofed Jun 2018 #27

Laziness, ignorance, fear and the concentration of wealth and power in a few hands. Orsino Jun 2018 #28