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Caliman73

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33. Because from the media they are getting. None of them are ...

Mon Oct 4, 2021, 12:18 PM

Oct 2021

When you live in a media bubble that tells you that bigots, racists, anti-Semites, misogynists, and idiots are just "truth tellers" then you believe that you just belong to a special group of people who are not sheep.

You never realize that you are a bigot, racist, anti-Semite, misogynist, and idiot who believes in whack-job conspiracy theories. Mind you, they have also been conditioned to believe that ALL OTHER MEDIA is wrong and only they are correct. It is their intrepid little band of truth tellers versus the rest of the liars and sheep.

That is why. Same way that fundamentalist religions tell you that "the world" is evil and only the path of (insert your particular sect) will lead you to eternal life. Same way a street gang or mafia tells you that you are a soldier protecting your "family" or "barrio" or whatever.

It is not a logical process. It is completely emotional and irrational.

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Remember the Idaho senator The Wizard Oct 2021 #36

In my day agingdem Oct 2021 #20

Just like whenever someone says, "It's not about the money." It's about the money. OMGWTF Oct 2021 #38

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When you've lived your whole life with privilege, equality feels like discrimination Clash City Rocker Oct 2021 #5

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2021 #39

This is an excellent post. Beartracks Oct 2021 #7

My experiences have been OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #16

Yup. And they do hate minorities, but they always have an excuse unblock Oct 2021 #18

Yep! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #19

This is a perfect way to explain the seemingly un-explainable. rhiannon55 Oct 2021 #23

That's quite a good analysis, unblock. calimary Oct 2021 #32

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 MOST move the bar on what racism is so they don't fit in it well enough uponit7771 Oct 2021 #40

Because they are in fact bigots, racists, anti-Semite's, misogynists and whack job conspiracy IDIOTS Tommymac Oct 2021 #6

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Peas in a pod? kentuck Oct 2021 #9

Because they are bigots, racists, anti-Semites, misogynists & idiots who believe in whack-job CT's spanone Oct 2021 #10

Garbage in, garbage out? AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 #11

Nobody has to BELIEVE anybody for long Red Mountain Oct 2021 #12

Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2021 #13

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How to tell if someone is racist: SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #15

Old bible verse. Matthew 7:16 paleotn Oct 2021 #17

I have heard them say Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #21

Whenever I hear people say that Donald Trump did some "good things' Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #30

1972 Nasruddin Oct 2021 #22

Thanks for a great thread, Nance. rhiannon55 Oct 2021 #24

My brother tried to use that same reasoning during a "discussion" Klondike Kat Oct 2021 #25

Save yourself the trouble. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #26

My experience is that they simply can't hear or understand simple logic. jaxexpat Oct 2021 #27

Only racists say "I'm not a racist." lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #28

Exactly Mad_Machine76 Oct 2021 #29

An observation I'm sure the great majority has also made. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #31

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