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In reply to the discussion: I'm truly shocked. Some Republicans literally believe Obama is a Muslim [View all]Shampoobra
(423 posts)57. I agree with you that it wouldn't matter if he were Muslim
But this encounter revealed to me the extent of what Rachel Maddow calls "the bubble" that so many conservatives have come to occupy. Before yesterday, I assumed "the bubble" meant things like Fox, Limbaugh, and Free Republic.
But this conversation yesterday completely floored me. This is a woman who once decoded Descartes for me (on the fly, and without any previous exposure to his work) when I couldn't understand any of that. And now I'm suddenly learning that she appears to consume and regurgitate all her "news" from her church friends' Facebook posts.
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I'm truly shocked. Some Republicans literally believe Obama is a Muslim [View all]
Shampoobra
Oct 2012
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They've been told that "fact" for over 4 years by the RW noise machine, so it has to be true...
begin_within
Oct 2012
#6
There is so much information out there - sometimes it's easier to just pick and choose
geckosfeet
Oct 2012
#7
you should put her in your car and take her to the nearest emergency room...or call 911
spanone
Oct 2012
#24
at least 30% do and a significant number of them actually believe he is a kind of Islamist agent
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#32
They are good at fantasizing. That's what their entire economic policy is based on: a fantasy. /nt
MatthewStLouis
Oct 2012
#33
They definitely believe it. A local minister where I live believes it and posts it on Facebook.
Tennessee Gal
Oct 2012
#34
Iraq attacked us on 9/11! Just yesterday talked with a reasonably articulate person who even now
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#49
having many, many years ago been part of the fundamentalist mindset - fundamentalist church groups
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2012
#58