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erronis

(17,243 posts)
15. Isn't the trick to get the johns
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 01:55 PM
Apr 2014

to acknowledge that they are the tricks in this poli/porn game?

Is there a Anti-Willful-Ignorance (AWI) 12 step program?

Just like the rest of us addicts, we first buy into the fact that we are "right" and justified in our self-destructive behavior.

We then DENY (you know about that river) any other viewpoint.

We congregate with others who have our same deficiencies and therefore self-reinforce.

Of course the industries (legit? and non) that make $$s off us promote their wares.

We sink to our own personal lows and either stay deep in the muck or find the way to enlightenment.

(Of course this could be used against people like me - Bernistas, too.)

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Bernie Sanders broke this news aeons ago. nt NorthCarolina Apr 2014 #1
Notice they took data till 2002 billhicks76 Apr 2014 #20
Another dispatch from Captain Obvious. djean111 Apr 2014 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #3
It would be most useful if it was spread throughout the country, in real easy to understand terms. djean111 Apr 2014 #4
Precisely Sherman A1 Apr 2014 #14
Our votes are harvested. Money and media are the tools used. [n/t] Maedhros Apr 2014 #12
DUH! VA_Jill Apr 2014 #5
faux news bleedinglib Apr 2014 #6
No kidding... Rider3 Apr 2014 #7
You ain't seen nothing yet -- thanks to SCOTUS Auggie Apr 2014 #8
They have always done it... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2014 #21
Study? They don't need no stinkin' study! Brigid Apr 2014 #9
Who is "they"? cabrona Apr 2014 #19
No shit, Sherlock. SoapBox Apr 2014 #10
How do I get one of these jobs Kelvin Mace Apr 2014 #11
Duh - K&R DeSwiss Apr 2014 #13
Isn't the trick to get the johns erronis Apr 2014 #15
water is still wet. nt Javaman Apr 2014 #16
No shit Sherlock award for this one The Second Stone Apr 2014 #17
It started with removing the Fairness Doctrine. Enthusiast Apr 2014 #18
Only Russia has oligarchs daleo Apr 2014 #22
, blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #23
A Bush or a Clinton? davidpdx Apr 2014 #24
No kidding - TBF Apr 2014 #25
Well, duh. Citizens United frosted that cake. catbyte Apr 2014 #26
K&R cprise Apr 2014 #27
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