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ismnotwasm

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2. A combination of tribalism and laziness

Reply to Cary (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 12:36 PM

Sep 2019

Facts are out there. You can feel different ways about them, but they are, facts. Certain facts are very uncomfortable, no matter where you are on the political scale. A lot of people want to pretend those facts aren’t there, aren’t real, or maybe don’t matter.

Meme politics suck, as does slogan politics.

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It should be easier to be liberal [View all] Cary Sep 2019 OP

Because big bidness, with the help RW media, has convinced many that only 'lazy minorities' benefit sandensea Sep 2019 #1

A combination of tribalism and laziness ismnotwasm Sep 2019 #2

It's more difficult to.... TidalWave46 Sep 2019 #3

Binary thinking. On/Off, Right/Wrong. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #4

I can handle gray areas Cary Sep 2019 #6

Yeah, they take glee in the Trolling. maxsolomon Sep 2019 #7

:) Who says we're ALL solidly liberal, though, socially and economically? Hortensis Sep 2019 #5

Hillary Clinton should be our president Cary Sep 2019 #8

:) Same right back. No one would want to be a Republican who's Hortensis Sep 2019 #10

It is no consolation that they pay a greater price Cary Sep 2019 #11

:) Yes, we're humanity's best, all great advances could and would Hortensis Sep 2019 #13

Hate, fear, and misinformation sell. It's good for the advertisers. Initech Sep 2019 #9

One of them tried to tell me that he didn't need to go to college Cary Sep 2019 #12

Oh yes I know a lot of these types. Initech Sep 2019 #14