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global1

(25,253 posts)
Fri Jul 15, 2022, 10:43 PM Jul 2022

Why Do Those Q; MAGA & Repug Conspiracy Theorists Make.....

up outlandish and bogus conspiracies when a REAL coup conspiracy has been played out in REAL time and is being exposed on a day to day basis by the J6 Committee?

How come they can believe the fake stories that are so far out in left field - yet they can't believe the real live conspiracy - the coup conspiracy - that is right in front of their eyes.

I just don't get it. What am I missing?

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Why Do Those Q; MAGA & Repug Conspiracy Theorists Make..... (Original Post) global1 Jul 2022 OP
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It has to do with the natures and diffferences between the conservative and liberal minds. werdna Jul 2022 #2

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werdna

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2. It has to do with the natures and diffferences between the conservative and liberal minds.
Sat Jul 16, 2022, 09:15 AM
Jul 2022

Which is very complex and can't be fully explained within the limitations of this forum. Please consult George Lakoff's body of work. Some of Noam Chomsky's writings and interviews on Democracy Now! also deal with this subject. A book I found that nutshells it adequately is Predisposed: Liberals, Conservatives, and the Biology of Political Differences by Hibbing, Smith and Alford; while scientific in substance it is less intellectually expressed. Happy reading!

In essence, the liberal brain is put together in such a way that it can't understand how the conservative brain functions and vice versa.

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