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1. bix6 · 1789772020 · focus · HN ↗

   And all the republicans will still vote red for the lying, cheating, grifting man.

   All my life I have had faith in the governments reports and statistics for the most part. This admin has torn everything down and for what?

   1. atmavatar · 1789772820 · focus · HN ↗

      For a sizable fraction of people, when the facts conflict with their biases, they choose to reject the facts and double-down on their biases.

      1. lokar · 1789773802 · focus · HN ↗

         Racism is a very powerful belief system.

         1. shermantanktop · 1789774494 · focus · HN ↗

            -isms of all kind are powerful. But the most powerful are those that give the believer a distant group of people for them to blame for all their troubles, which are often self-inflicted.

            1. shermantanktop · 1789784321 · focus · HN ↗

               I guess people are reading a lot into what I said. If the shoe fits, yadda yadda.

               Others pointed out the meta, which is that if you want -ism to hate some people, a good way to do that is to say that their -ism hates you. I suppose that could be extended to third or fourth levels of meta.

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