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Well, that took a dark turn............ (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2021 OP
QAnon addicts blm Jan 2021 #1
Twas a mere slip o' the tongue, sir......I meant to say Pass the salt... OnDoutside Jan 2021 #2
K&R! SheltieLover Jan 2021 #3
She auditioned for the Capitol gig by screaming at BLM protesters last summer!!!! winstars Jan 2021 #4
Wow. progressoid Jan 2021 #18
She was just trying to MAGA budkin Jan 2021 #5
They have radicalized people with this Q nonsense coeur_de_lion Jan 2021 #6
Unfortunately, I agree with you. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #10
But they already had biases, prejudice or were fools which made it easy JI7 Jan 2021 #14
Remember way back when, where we thought the only people on the planet that bullwinkle428 Jan 2021 #16
Florida woman... regnaD kciN Jan 2021 #7
😳 underpants Jan 2021 #8
+1000 Celerity Jan 2021 #11
I'm sure there are many tragic stories like this colorado_ufo Jan 2021 #9
People want to write off QAnoners as "basement dwellers." WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #12
Social media...lies and the propagation of misinformation MontanaMama Jan 2021 #13
Most racists and other assholes and fucks live mostly "normal" lives JI7 Jan 2021 #15
Mentally Deranged, And Morally Retarded. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #17

progressoid

(49,998 posts)
18. Wow.
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 11:38 PM
Jan 2021

That's a sad read. Mostly because it reminds me of an aunt I have. She went from blue collar Democrat to rabid Trumper in a matter of a few years.
I think a lot of these people won't ever come back to normalcy.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
10. Unfortunately, I agree with you.
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:26 PM
Jan 2021

I honestly don't think I'll live long enough to see the end of Drumpfism/QAnonism....and all the other isms involved. The tendrils are many and vast, and growing steadily.

We are so far from the end of this ugly phenomenon that we haven't even got the end of its opening expansion in sight.

bullwinkle428

(20,630 posts)
16. Remember way back when, where we thought the only people on the planet that
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:34 PM
Jan 2021

were capable of being brainwashed in this fashion were young Middle Eastern men?

colorado_ufo

(5,737 posts)
9. I'm sure there are many tragic stories like this
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:19 PM
Jan 2021

of lives these conspiracy theorists, and Trump, have ruined. A strong voice, a weak mind.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,430 posts)
12. People want to write off QAnoners as "basement dwellers."
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:29 PM
Jan 2021

But nope -- they're your teachers, your cops, your nurses, your lawyers, your neighbors.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
13. Social media...lies and the propagation of misinformation
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:29 PM
Jan 2021

for money. Facebook, Twitter, Parler, Insta, all of them...the fac that they did the right thing last week...they get no credit for that.

JI7

(89,264 posts)
15. Most racists and other assholes and fucks live mostly "normal" lives
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 09:33 PM
Jan 2021

After all if it was only those in hoods , or others outwardly noticeably certain types they would not get much support.

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