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njhoneybadger

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4. Strange how people can be brainwashed

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 04:17 PM

Feb 2017

I was one of them 20 years ago,a republican and member of a Pentecostal church. I'm proof people can be deprogrammed

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Manchurian Voters, or, The brainwashing of a nation [View all] GliderGuider Feb 2017 OP

That is very true titaniumsalute Feb 2017 #1

Heck, look at the shit they read dalton99a Feb 2017 #2

Here's the brainwashing technique that was used: GliderGuider Feb 2017 #3

Strange how people can be brainwashed njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #4

Yes, individuals can be deprogrammed, but it takes a lot of work GliderGuider Feb 2017 #6

True njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #9

I updated the text to make it more comprehensible. nt GliderGuider Feb 2017 #5

This also explains why they vote against their own best interests so oftem. GliderGuider Feb 2017 #7

The conformation bias a person develops takes over njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #11

It only intensified in the 60s and 70s, but it's been happening for a long time. forjusticethunders Feb 2017 #8

Not addressed in this is a certain percentage of the population is predisposed to Authoritarianism. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #10

Bob Altemeyer estimates up to 25% of Americans are RW authoritarians GliderGuider Feb 2017 #12

The world has always had this: It's called organized religion. n/t. lindysalsagal Feb 2017 #13

They have a lot in common. The closest historical examples to Trumpism might be GliderGuider Feb 2017 #14

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