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Republicans are crazy. She thinks Jim Carey is actually Biden (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2022 OP
It's one big contest they have among themselves peppertree May 2022 #1
To see Rebl2 May 2022 #2
+1 peppertree May 2022 #3

peppertree

(21,650 posts)
1. It's one big contest they have among themselves
Sun May 1, 2022, 08:25 PM
May 2022

To see who can say the most absurd, outlandish things - and elicit, among each other, the most violent reactions.

Rebl2

(13,539 posts)
2. To see
Sun May 1, 2022, 08:35 PM
May 2022

who can come up with the craziest crap. I wish they would quit doing this man on the street interviews and letting these people spout off crazy things just to get attention. I don’t think most of these people believe what they are saying. They just want the attention.

peppertree

(21,650 posts)
3. +1
Sun May 1, 2022, 08:47 PM
May 2022

The media puts far-right brain farts at a par with official or academic statements - and actually more than at par, because they're legitimized (intentionally or not) as "things everyday people" say.

But if someone on the left were to, say, question the official 9/11 story or the $20+ trillion the Fed handed to the banks in '08 - that would never see a second of airtime, no matter how articulately put.

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