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Towlie

(5,324 posts)
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 12:32 PM Aug 2022

"I have come into the world to testify to the truth." said Jesus. "What is truth?" retorted Pilate.

This is an example of what you get from Google News if you're not signed in and Google doesn't know who you trust:

The Hill: Unsealed Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit reveals the government has no case against Trump

Mother Jones: Trump’s Lawyers Don’t Seem to Have Much of a Defense

The lesson is that Trump supporters aren't necessarily evil, many are just too stupid to know fact from fiction.

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Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
2. The Hill opinion article is pure trash, jaw dropping ignoring of law and facts.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 12:37 PM
Aug 2022

Someone in he right wing propaganda factory always comes up with a serious sounding meme that can be used to deceive! That the meme falls apart under any kind of scrutiny doesn’t matter, all they need to grasp is straws!

The Hill wins the Propaganda Meme a lot!

wcmagumba

(2,886 posts)
3. I just scanned that Hill article...what a load of garbage..the ole, trump declassified everything..
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 12:40 PM
Aug 2022

malarkey...as a real President would say....

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
5. Yes, obviously, yet there are plenty of people out there ready to believe every word.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 12:46 PM
Aug 2022

 


It's downright scary!

Chainfire

(17,539 posts)
4. The Truth is totally irrelevant to Republicans; in fact it is detrimental to their survival.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 12:44 PM
Aug 2022

Everything about the Republican Party is based upon lies, hate and fear.

aeromanKC

(3,322 posts)
7. Trump and his deplorable MAGAt's are an Abnormal Psych Trifecta.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 01:13 PM
Aug 2022

1. Cult
2. Stockholm Syndrome
3. Dunning-Kruger (which was alluded to in the OP)

mitch96

(13,904 posts)
8. Yup, who's truth you gonna believe. Then it comes down to the facts that back that "truth"
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 01:18 PM
Aug 2022

then comes the denial of your "truth" and the belief of "my" truth is better than your truth.
Flat earth anyone?
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