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defacto7

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23. Sounds to me like you have an excellent take on it.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Apr 19, 2019, 03:13 PM

Apr 2019

Martin Luther once said, what harm is there in a lie, a good lie... as long as it's for the good of Christ and the church. The Roman historian Eusebius (Constantine's biographer) said the same about lies for the church although he called them his "medicinal fictions". Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine said lies for the Christ are forgivable. The idea of brainwashing the masses and controling the message through lies in the name of ideology is entrenched in our society. No wonder people fall for ficticious memes that bolster their egos so easily and completely.

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A serious take on how MAGAs think. Please read. Thank you. [View all] DetlefK Apr 2019 OP

You know ismnotwasm Apr 2019 #1

Add in the racists, sexists, and morons. Funtatlaguy Apr 2019 #2

"Mass Psychology of Fascism" is too Freudian DBoon Apr 2019 #3

Those last seven listed sure sound like you know who.... pangaia Apr 2019 #10

reminds me of the videos from this thread Salviati Apr 2019 #4

I like this post n/t hibbing Apr 2019 #5

My cousin's daughter is changing HelenWheels Apr 2019 #6

The interesting thing being that only when something affects her does she 'see.' pangaia Apr 2019 #11

I believe it. JohnnyRingo Apr 2019 #7

I see this as an expansion of what LBJ once articulated Blecht Apr 2019 #8

I can just hear Johnson saying that, too Butterflylady Apr 2019 #17

Add in a growing sense of victimization and anger irisblue Apr 2019 #9

MSNBC just asked some Americans about the report....... a kennedy Apr 2019 #12

They have to say that. They can't admit that they are leaving Trump. DetlefK Apr 2019 #20

Great thread ScratchCat Apr 2019 #13

These days whenever someone feels compelled to tell me what a great Chrisitian they are OMGWTF Apr 2019 #15

Or to put it differently, MAGAs mostly believe in a natural order, Hortensis Apr 2019 #14

Where is it? jayschool2013 Apr 2019 #16

I sure wish I could find an article I read, probably here. A study was done about the choices people Karadeniz Apr 2019 #18

Or you can kick the other guy's golf ball into the sand. louis-t Apr 2019 #19

Excellent analysis....and I agree TrishaJ Apr 2019 #21

Psychologically he is just like them lunatica Apr 2019 #22

Sounds to me like you have an excellent take on it. defacto7 Apr 2019 #23