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In reply to the discussion: Madison Cawthorn Is Not An Outlier [View all]LonePirate
(13,424 posts)5. Most of the people on the right are incredibly stupid. They simply parrot views held by others.
Those few on the right who do express an opinion - bloggers, radio and TV personalities, think tanks - find their ideas adopted quickly by the rank and file who simply do not know any better. The elected idiots like Cawthorn, Boebert, Greene and others are simply riding popularity among the idiots into an elected position. They couldn't explain their way out of a paper bag as they are little more than mouthpieces for the base. They would not hold office if the base did not share those same beliefs, regardless of how repugnant those views are.
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K&R, GZP and Putrid have this one thing in common; both of them are trying to stop democracy
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#1
+1, that guy is being enabled and emboldened. If he is saying that out in the open
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#27
He's an outright liar, and useful a tool for Vladdy and Red Don, that's for sure
Blue Owl
Mar 2022
#3
Most of the people on the right are incredibly stupid. They simply parrot views held by others.
LonePirate
Mar 2022
#5
Ah, but this is the real point, isn't it. We must ask the proverbial cui bono -
PatrickforB
Mar 2022
#7
People have a Contitutional Right to freedom of religion, and freedom from religion;
2Gingersnaps
Mar 2022
#16
Sounds like they are members of "the Family" a documentary I think on Netflix.
Jetheels
Mar 2022
#21