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El Mimbreno

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22. Yeah, it's horrifying, but...

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #19)

Fri Apr 28, 2017, 10:37 AM

Apr 2017

Are they out of their minds or is it just a specialized form of selective perception? Pick the lie you like and ignore everything else.

"All lies and jest; still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."
Paul Simon - The Boxer

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.... trusty elf Apr 2017 #17

So the number holds steady at one in three Americans... malthaussen Apr 2017 #19

Yeah, it's horrifying, but... El Mimbreno Apr 2017 #22

Sure, but that only means we need a philisophical discaussion about sanity. malthaussen Apr 2017 #23

Good point, agreed. El Mimbreno Apr 2017 #24