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Hugin

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9. I'm glad you brought the subject up...

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 09:34 AM

Jan 2021

It has been weighing heavily on me for awhile now.

Your points in the OP are pieces of the puzzle as well. Worth pondering.

These same elements are unfortunately present in face-to-face interactions. Filling in the blanks of a whole picture in a changeable world seems to be a human thing to do. The lightning fast virtual piecemeal information highway has boosted it to new and ugly extremes.

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Parler, and other forums like it are the 21st Century "Jonestowns" [View all] essme Jan 2021 OP

In addition to, this is not a credible source, add where did you learn this? or How do you know this 3Hotdogs Jan 2021 #1

:) Well, I am a middle school librarian who teaches essme Jan 2021 #3

O.T.O.H. as another credible source says, "You can't fix stupid." 3Hotdogs Jan 2021 #4

I think in this case, the Dems are going to have to try essme Jan 2021 #6

How? If it were only stupidity and ignorance. It's personality Hortensis Jan 2021 #10

Extremely good points- essme Jan 2021 #11

Hillary's big plans were what you call pushing the party back Hortensis Jan 2021 #25

Your media point is well taken. A good example would be Johnny Wood, who was very popular for dameatball Jan 2021 #30

I agree get the red out Jan 2021 #2

That's what I am seeing also essme Jan 2021 #5

A "pagan" white supremacist church?? Sounds bizarre and contradictory. niyad Jan 2021 #15

It's the Asatru Folk Assembly essme Jan 2021 #16

Ah, yes, of course. That group was discussed here recently. Very weird, nasty bunch. I will have to niyad Jan 2021 #19

Odenists are everywhere. Maggiemayhem Jan 2021 #21

I have a personal axe to grind with those clowns. Hugin Jan 2021 #35

I recently came to the realization these modern cults are built around a hashtag or... Hugin Jan 2021 #7

Great points- essme Jan 2021 #8

I'm glad you brought the subject up... Hugin Jan 2021 #9

Thank you for bringing up this very important subject. niyad Jan 2021 #12

Too bad they can't distribute the flavor-aid over the net Yeehah Jan 2021 #13

I had a co-worker until last year who was the same way Tarc Jan 2021 #14

You could have written the emails from my friend essme Jan 2021 #17

Oh it gets even funnier/sadder, then Tarc Jan 2021 #20

A person whom I have known for about ten years is slipping deeper into the morass. niyad Jan 2021 #18

Certain phrases are starting to trigger me: "There is no doubt you didn't know about this" essme Jan 2021 #23

They are a great warning. That first phrase came before a lecture on the secret military niyad Jan 2021 #26

"did you get the one about the person being in contact with someone very high up in the cia?" essme Jan 2021 #28

Or the "D.U.M.B.'s" my current favourite. The deep underground military bunkers where all the niyad Jan 2021 #31

People are lost and looking for meaning in life. Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #27

Certainly a lot of them are. This person has never evinced any philosophical quandaries, or deep niyad Jan 2021 #32

I shared this with a friend TNNurse Jan 2021 #22

I was there starting in '84 essme Jan 2021 #24

We visited and have been to Malaprops more than once. TNNurse Jan 2021 #29

K&R. There was a totally fantastic article I read at cracked.com a couple of years ago, bullwinkle428 Jan 2021 #33

KR&B. This discussion is fascinating. n/t ms liberty Jan 2021 #34