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C_U_L8R

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11. Hypnotized by fact-free right wing media

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2019, 10:41 AM

Jan 2019

I’ve seen members of our own family get sucked into that vortex of fear, conspiracy and lies dished out daily by rightwing profiteers. They are the root cause of all this mass delusion. They should be shackled and thrown in silent dungeons for the good of humanity.

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Why I believe the 38% Trumper number is a hoax. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 OP

He's shooting federal employees on 5th Avenue and MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #1

38% of people are stupid... Shell_Seas Jan 2019 #2

Racism must be stronger than rational thinking about economic self interests. nt NCjack Jan 2019 #6

Yep The Genealogist Jan 2019 #12

+1 treestar Jan 2019 #31

100% lunasun Jan 2019 #40

Indeed......... MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #45

+1 Kurt V. Jan 2019 #32

Russian propaganda is very effective. I hope this number goes down, but Putin knows what he's doing. Squinch Jan 2019 #3

Trump is like religion for Trump supporters. They believe in him lilactime Jan 2019 #4

not just "like" - Trumpism actually is a religion anarch Jan 2019 #36

There are some people who will not or cannot admit to having made a mistake. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #5

People can't admit they're wrong TheFarseer Jan 2019 #7

Sadly... NCDem47 Jan 2019 #8

I think many of them will realize they've been lied to. ginnyinWI Jan 2019 #9

The mid terms showed Chump's approval among voters at 45%* DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2019 #10

Hypnotized by fact-free right wing media C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #11

I thought this article was fascinating. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #53

After 30 years of toxic dribble C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #54

"You can fool some of the people all of the time..." yardwork Jan 2019 #13

I would think that Polly Hennessey Jan 2019 #14

That's my point exactly. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #20

Nixon managed to keep a 24% approval n/t Yonnie3 Jan 2019 #56

He's protecting White people from Mexicans Yavin4 Jan 2019 #15

Probably 25% rock solid edhopper Jan 2019 #16

Polls are beginning to show erosion of his base.... Sancho Jan 2019 #17

I pray you're right. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #21

Think of how when a "prophet" predicts the end of the world and his followers dispose of all tblue37 Jan 2019 #18

Yep. It's Jim Jones all over again treestar Jan 2019 #33

I have NO problem MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #46

And as the saying goes, they drink the kool-aid! treestar Jan 2019 #47

38% of people who vote marlakay Jan 2019 #19

+1. We're being held hostage by the Trump cult dalton99a Jan 2019 #22

The Crazification Factor wellst0nev0ter Jan 2019 #23

The number of furloughed government employees is statistically insignificant onenote Jan 2019 #24

As one of the employees so aptly put it: Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #25

And the number of those that previously supported trump onenote Jan 2019 #27

Yes, but how many of that 45% were zombie brainwashed into believing that Trump must be tolerated Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #30

Two months later? Probably not a lot different onenote Jan 2019 #35

Do you agree with everyone in your extended family? jberryhill Jan 2019 #37

800,000 may seem like a lot of people but it is very small compared to the rest of the population standingtall Jan 2019 #26

See my comment 25. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #29

By the way onenote Jan 2019 #39

Federal employees aren't even 1% of voters jberryhill Jan 2019 #28

Ignore or take polls with a ton of salt. elleng Jan 2019 #34

it is a full-on cult anarch Jan 2019 #38

Totall agree with cult like. healthnut7 Jan 2019 #41

I think they would do a lot worse than that; this is Jonestown x a million n/t anarch Jan 2019 #42

Here's an idea Brawndo Jan 2019 #57

Yeah, since it never seems to change. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #43

38% is a true number for trump base suppprt, if we see substantial beachbum bob Jan 2019 #44

Yes but their black coworkers are hurting more so it is all good and the wall is an emergency lunasun Jan 2019 #48

They blame the dems for the shutdown. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #49

It's at least that much, sad to say, even of you toss out Rasmussen: LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #50

what if we correlate that number to the number of FOX watchers? Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #51

You can fool some of the people all of the time. NNadir Jan 2019 #52

Almost like somebody is spoofing US phone numbers NotASurfer Jan 2019 #55

Which poll? Are you comparing with the same poll before the shutdown? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 #58