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Mysterian

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13. Thank Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 11:09 AM

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The billionaire-owned mass media has spewed right-wing propaganda for decades. There are simply no liberal, truthful equivalents to Fox "News," Sinclair, etc. Even the major networks we have always considered neutral (ABC,CBS,NBC) are part of the media monopoly and are biased heavily to the right. Humans are gullible and propaganda works.

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I cannot comprehend how people keep voting for Republicans. [View all] milestogo 13 hrs ago OP

Brainwashing from a young age to HATE anyone with a D behind their names. I live in the deep south. Ferrets are Cool 13 hrs ago #1

Their hatred is greater than their common sense. Polly Hennessey 13 hrs ago #2

Read the comments on Facebook posts about ICE CanonRay 13 hrs ago #3

Propaganda + ignorance x hate America 2025 31st Street Bridge 13 hrs ago #4

They like what's happening. It ain't that deep WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #5

Tribalism is a powerful drug. sop 13 hrs ago #6

Deep South ZDU 13 hrs ago #7

i frequently work outside orleans parish, in scalia country. rampartd 13 hrs ago #9

2 things: Botany 13 hrs ago #8

We also allowed these awful churches to preach politics from the pulpit, travelingthrulife 12 hrs ago #12

And those churches spread Russian produced misinformation all the time to such as anti vaccine and anti Botany 11 hrs ago #16

Many of them vote AGAINST Democrats and Liberals leftstreet 12 hrs ago #10

Cult NewHendoLib 12 hrs ago #11

Thank Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television Mysterian 12 hrs ago #13

They start voting because they are stupid, they keep voting because they are very very stupid. nt yaesu 12 hrs ago #14

There are some really really racist and stupid people in this country Johonny 12 hrs ago #15

I can. It's that same ol bluestarone 11 hrs ago #17

Racism, religion, and ignorance - Snarkoleptic 11 hrs ago #18

Bigotry and resentment towards others JI7 11 hrs ago #19

I was visiting my husbands family in Arizona last week kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #20

A few reasons.... biocube 11 hrs ago #21

Tribalism. Sneederbunk 10 hrs ago #22

Republicans do understand it, they just don't give a damn and/or see it as a desirable characteristic. Silent Type 10 hrs ago #23

The mix of racism, anti-brown immigrants, RW religion, and don't forget sexism re Hillary, and Kamala, though... electric_blue68 7 hrs ago #24