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PatSeg

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15. I was thinking the same thing

Reply to Fil1957 (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:41 PM

6 hrs ago

We can find fault with the deceived as well as the deceivers. Some people got the version of "truth" that they wanted. And many people are just looking for a fight and any excuse will do.

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"....once you've convinced enough people that truth is just whatever you say..." [View all] Miles Archer 9 hrs ago OP

Trump is the inevitable end product of corporate mass media's 50-year disinformation strategy. sop 9 hrs ago #1

Can't argue with that jfz9580m 8 hrs ago #8

Twilight Zone '63 Doodles 7 hrs ago #12

;-{)..... Goonch 9 hrs ago #2

A lot of truth there but eventually people wake up malaise 9 hrs ago #3

Past the paywall UpInArms 9 hrs ago #4

Thanks malaise 8 hrs ago #5

And, War is Peace . . . NH Ethylene 8 hrs ago #6

To do a bad paraphrase of Hannah Arendt kairos12 8 hrs ago #7

Very true jfz9580m 6 hrs ago #14

"Less is more." Grumpy Old Guy 7 hrs ago #9

Let us not forget that the people that believe this crap are themselves to a a certain extent accomplices. All con men Fil1957 7 hrs ago #10

I was thinking the same thing PatSeg 6 hrs ago #15

This is so true . . . Scubamatt 7 hrs ago #11

That is one of the most important points and thank you for expressing it so succinctly. llmart 7 hrs ago #13

The advantage conservatives and MAGA have is that whatever their politicians say, Fox News, talk radio. and the rest Martin68 6 hrs ago #16

Thank you for this. My memory isn't what it used to be. kairos12 5 hrs ago #17

When Thom Hartmann speaks, I listen. yellow dahlia 26 min ago #18