Was at work and heard a client say Pakland was a Govt false flag

[D_Master81]

He wasnt talking to me, he was talking to another of our reps next to me and he said "you know there's kids that said he didnt do it. they saw him and heard gunfire elsewhere. You dont know if its true or not but you know the government will do stuff like this to try to take the guns away. abd i tell you what, if they try to take mine i'll take as many of them down as i can before they get em."

I literally froze in disbelief, this is what rural America has become? Not everyone obviously, but there's more than just a few of these guys out there buying into the Alex Jones crap thats truly scary .

[poboy2]

1. Another one mainlining Alex Jones. -eom

[Hoyt]

2. What should concern everyone is that these sickos are allowed to own and carry guns.

[OhNo-Really]

11. That and that USA allows hate speech and fear mongering to be broadcast

[Voltaire2]

3. A large segment of society has been effectively

disconnected from common sense grounding in reality by a deliberate and effective propaganda campaign extending over multiple decades.

It is a truly fucked up and dangerous situation.

[RKP5637]

5. It is, and this country is on a hair-edge as Trump sits back and promotes chaos and hatred as

he watches it on the big screen. Trump, is the gravest threat to the US IMO.

[PatSeg]

8. They listen to right wing radio

when they drive and gradually have become indoctrinated. Then they go home and have Fox News playing throughout the day. People like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity play on their fears and anger. Lacking any meaningful interaction with more informed people or legitimate media, their anger grows.

Little do they know that their brainwashing was for money and ratings, not necessarily power. If they ever truly found out how they've been used, there would be a revolution and it would be well armed.

[kimbutgar]

9. I live in the SF Bay Area

My hubby works for a major airline carrier and a lot of his union co workers are Reich wingers. Those with the longest commutes are the staunchest anti government conservatives and those who have shorter commutes are sane people or liberals . One guy commutes 45 miles each way over an hour plus. He is an unhinged Reich winger who thinks climate global warming is a hoax, Obama was a Muslim operative, the Russian meddling in our election is because Hillary was a sore loser and the newest comment was liberals should be eliminated and erraticated. That newest comment has really unsettled me. This indoctrination is not stopped will cause our country to split up into a civil war that will not have a happy ending.

These Reich wingers have really been brainwashed by those long commutes.

[OhNo-Really]

13. Librul hate mongering for decades

it is unsettling as the haters can own weapons of mass destruction

one dog whistle?

[PatSeg]

18. It is often "one dog whistle"

that sets off some of these mass shootings.

[PatSeg]

17. That makes sense

Someone on a long daily commute is a captive audience. At least when they are home, they usually get up and do things or switch channels to a favorite show.

There was a documentary by a woman who saw her moderate Democratic father turn into an extremist, because of his commutes listening to right-wing radio. It is addictive and dangerous. Why can't they just listen to music?

[RKP5637]

4. Phew, I wouldn't want anyone like that in my workplace, likely to be the next shooter if disgruntled

[davsand]

6. My first thought was you are a mental health worker.

Then I opened the thread. I'm sorry. I'm really freakin sorry you work in a workplace with people like this.





Laura

[OhNo-Really]

14. The smartest and dumbest co-workers were both for Trump

smart one because of his 401K he said, ex military, ex cop, on disability and Not white.

the dump one because.....trump. She couldn't articulate. I think it was for attention. She was on housing and food stamps.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. America is overrun with idiots. nm

[struggle4progress]

10. You need an earnest-sounding retort: something you can say with quiet wide-eyed conviction, like

I know! It's not exactly rocket-surgery, is it? Americans need to stop putting pineapple on our pizza

[roamer65]

12. Why do think of maple 2 x 4s when I hear stuff like this?

[sinkingfeeling]

15. Obey the president and report that person. Clearly mentally ill, threatening,

and in possession of guns.

[RandomAccess]

16. That was said about Sandy Hook too

And was quite widely believed. That particular lie got quite involved with multiple layers.

[missingm]

19. I can never tell if they are true believers or simply like to spread propaganda.

Some of the people spreading this nonsense are just too smart to believe it. And this has been going on well before Trump.

[sharedvalues]

20. Tell him "Watching Fox is unpatriotic. You don't watch Fox or listen to Limbaugh, do you?"

Ask where he got the lies. Tell him that right-wing billionaires fund a propaganda media to get votes for tax cuts.

[Willie Pep]

21. Sadly I have uncles who think like this too.

They only follow Alex Jones, Fox News, Michael Savage and other right-wing sources. I can't imagine being so angry and disconnected from reality that I believe every conspiracy theory that rolls off the kook assembly line just because it supports my politics.