The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news

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19 Aug 2023 4:41 am in No Holds Barred Political Forum
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And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. And it’s not limited to things like elections that are overtly political: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to reject basic science about COVID, and thus die of the disease at much higher rates than Democrats. Even when their lives and their families’ lives are at stake, Republicans let themselves be suckered into believing things that are easily proven false. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are more than 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats.
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures. They need a father figure. Father will protect and take care of you. Putting your trust in authoritarian figures diminishes the complexity of life: there’s less to have to know or worry about if you believe that “father” has it all under control. Hence their higher rate of belief in a God. But it also makes conservatives more vulnerable to believing any old thing that “father” tells them. Second, there’s more conservative misinformation out there than there is liberal misinformation. Thus, conservatives are more likely to be exposed to it and to share it. To a large extent, this flows from the conservative worldview being more adolescent, narcissistic and “me-centered,” with the myth of the “rugged individual” at its center. The conservative worldview putting, as it does, the “freedom of the individual” above the “welfare of society,” is much more vulnerable to corporate-funded pitches that work to increase profits. The core message of most advertising is, after all, “You are the most important person in the world and you want this product. ”And make no mistake about it: a lot of what passes as news and commentary is actually advertising for the idea that corporations and billionaires should be able to do whatever they want. “Low taxes, reduced regulations, smaller government”: it’s a sales pitch.
While Republicans have always been vulnerable to this sort of psychological manipulation, we had guardrails in place to protect the public from being swamped by it. When Reagan took down the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, Congress passed bipartisan legislation putting it back into effect: Reagan vetoed it.

 
 
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote: Image

And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. And it’s not limited to things like elections that are overtly political: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to reject basic science about COVID, and thus die of the disease at much higher rates than Democrats. Even when their lives and their families’ lives are at stake, Republicans let themselves be suckered into believing things that are easily proven false. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are more than 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats.
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures. They need a father figure. Father will protect and take care of you. Putting your trust in authoritarian figures diminishes the complexity of life: there’s less to have to know or worry about if you believe that “father” has it all under control. Hence their higher rate of belief in a God. But it also makes conservatives more vulnerable to believing any old thing that “father” tells them. Second, there’s more conservative misinformation out there than there is liberal misinformation. Thus, conservatives are more likely to be exposed to it and to share it. To a large extent, this flows from the conservative worldview being more adolescent, narcissistic and “me-centered,” with the myth of the “rugged individual” at its center. The conservative worldview putting, as it does, the “freedom of the individual” above the “welfare of society,” is much more vulnerable to corporate-funded pitches that work to increase profits. The core message of most advertising is, after all, “You are the most important person in the world and you want this product. ”And make no mistake about it: a lot of what passes as news and commentary is actually advertising for the idea that corporations and billionaires should be able to do whatever they want. “Low taxes, reduced regulations, smaller government”: it’s a sales pitch.
While Republicans have always been vulnerable to this sort of psychological manipulation, we had guardrails in place to protect the public from being swamped by it. When Reagan took down the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, Congress passed bipartisan legislation putting it back into effect: Reagan vetoed it.


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Thom Hartmann (author of that slop) is a left wing wackjob. Reading his crap will rot what little brain you have left. You can take just about everything he said and apply it to democrats who are the ones who want a father (big government ) to take care of them.
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote: Image

And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. And it’s not limited to things like elections that are overtly political: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to reject basic science about COVID, and thus die of the disease at much higher rates than Democrats. Even when their lives and their families’ lives are at stake, Republicans let themselves be suckered into believing things that are easily proven false. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are more than 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats.
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures. They need a father figure. Father will protect and take care of you. Putting your trust in authoritarian figures diminishes the complexity of life: there’s less to have to know or worry about if you believe that “father” has it all under control. Hence their higher rate of belief in a God. But it also makes conservatives more vulnerable to believing any old thing that “father” tells them. Second, there’s more conservative misinformation out there than there is liberal misinformation. Thus, conservatives are more likely to be exposed to it and to share it. To a large extent, this flows from the conservative worldview being more adolescent, narcissistic and “me-centered,” with the myth of the “rugged individual” at its center. The conservative worldview putting, as it does, the “freedom of the individual” above the “welfare of society,” is much more vulnerable to corporate-funded pitches that work to increase profits. The core message of most advertising is, after all, “You are the most important person in the world and you want this product. ”And make no mistake about it: a lot of what passes as news and commentary is actually advertising for the idea that corporations and billionaires should be able to do whatever they want. “Low taxes, reduced regulations, smaller government”: it’s a sales pitch.
While Republicans have always been vulnerable to this sort of psychological manipulation, we had guardrails in place to protect the public from being swamped by it. When Reagan took down the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, Congress passed bipartisan legislation putting it back into effect: Reagan vetoed it.

LOL....another "man in a dress" poster telling people what's real and what's not.....


a "man in a dress" isn't really a woman and yet you say it is...soooooo...
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote: Image

And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. And it’s not limited to things like elections that are overtly political: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to reject basic science about COVID, and thus die of the disease at much higher rates than Democrats. Even when their lives and their families’ lives are at stake, Republicans let themselves be suckered into believing things that are easily proven false. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are more than 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats.
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures. They need a father figure. Father will protect and take care of you. Putting your trust in authoritarian figures diminishes the complexity of life: there’s less to have to know or worry about if you believe that “father” has it all under control. Hence their higher rate of belief in a God. But it also makes conservatives more vulnerable to believing any old thing that “father” tells them. Second, there’s more conservative misinformation out there than there is liberal misinformation. Thus, conservatives are more likely to be exposed to it and to share it. To a large extent, this flows from the conservative worldview being more adolescent, narcissistic and “me-centered,” with the myth of the “rugged individual” at its center. The conservative worldview putting, as it does, the “freedom of the individual” above the “welfare of society,” is much more vulnerable to corporate-funded pitches that work to increase profits. The core message of most advertising is, after all, “You are the most important person in the world and you want this product. ”And make no mistake about it: a lot of what passes as news and commentary is actually advertising for the idea that corporations and billionaires should be able to do whatever they want. “Low taxes, reduced regulations, smaller government”: it’s a sales pitch.
While Republicans have always been vulnerable to this sort of psychological manipulation, we had guardrails in place to protect the public from being swamped by it. When Reagan took down the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, Congress passed bipartisan legislation putting it back into effect: Reagan vetoed it.
The rugged individual is not a myth the same as groupie group old world feudal peasants on the feudal subsidies take is not a myth.
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote: Image

And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. And it’s not limited to things like elections that are overtly political: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to reject basic science about COVID, and thus die of the disease at much higher rates than Democrats. Even when their lives and their families’ lives are at stake, Republicans let themselves be suckered into believing things that are easily proven false. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are more than 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats.
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures. They need a father figure. Father will protect and take care of you. Putting your trust in authoritarian figures diminishes the complexity of life: there’s less to have to know or worry about if you believe that “father” has it all under control. Hence their higher rate of belief in a God. But it also makes conservatives more vulnerable to believing any old thing that “father” tells them. Second, there’s more conservative misinformation out there than there is liberal misinformation. Thus, conservatives are more likely to be exposed to it and to share it. To a large extent, this flows from the conservative worldview being more adolescent, narcissistic and “me-centered,” with the myth of the “rugged individual” at its center. The conservative worldview putting, as it does, the “freedom of the individual” above the “welfare of society,” is much more vulnerable to corporate-funded pitches that work to increase profits. The core message of most advertising is, after all, “You are the most important person in the world and you want this product. ”And make no mistake about it: a lot of what passes as news and commentary is actually advertising for the idea that corporations and billionaires should be able to do whatever they want. “Low taxes, reduced regulations, smaller government”: it’s a sales pitch.
While Republicans have always been vulnerable to this sort of psychological manipulation, we had guardrails in place to protect the public from being swamped by it. When Reagan took down the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, Congress passed bipartisan legislation putting it back into effect: Reagan vetoed it.
 
I've seen HOG SLOP that had more importance than THIS **** has.

Did you know that Thom Hartman has a PROGGIE RADIO SHOW???

Don't worry, NO ONE else did either. His audience consists of his dog and his mother.
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote: ..
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures=15px.
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Beekeeper » 19 Aug 2023, 6:20 am » wrote: I've seen HOG SLOP that had more importance than THIS **** has.

Did you know that Thom Hartman has a PROGGIE RADIO SHOW???

Don't worry, NO ONE else did either. His audience consists of his dog and his mother.

I knew. Locally there is no "progressive" radio but I listen to NPR to find out what the leftist loons are saying...their current campaigning for Biden is interesting. When I travel to cities that have "progressive radio, I listen. I'm familiar with a bunch of them...the disgusting whore Stephanie Miller, Norman Goldman, Bill Press and this asshole Hartmann. Some of you here may not be aware that Ron Reagan Jr (the son of former president Ronald Reagan) is another one of them.
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Beekeeper » 19 Aug 2023, 6:20 am » wrote: I've seen HOG SLOP that had more importance than THIS **** has.

Did you know that Thom Hartman has a PROGGIE RADIO SHOW???

Don't worry, NO ONE else did either. His audience consists of his dog and his mother.
Just look at the photo. Look long and take in all its idiocy. That's you and yours.
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Taipan » 19 Aug 2023, 4:56 am » wrote: Bumper-sticker--
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Why do right wing conservatives who were not properly educated as children fall for any fake news sone con man wants to sell them?

They will not Google.  They are afraid of truth. It’s that simple.

Barry Sadler was America’s hero Green Beret in 1966.

I learned the song, and still sing it today.

But whatever became of him?

—-

Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer/songwriter, and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic "Ballad of the Green Berets," a #1 hit in 1966. He died at age 49 after being shot in the head in Guatemala City.

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WHAT!!!

Why was Barry Sadler in Guatemala? 

It’s one Google away.

Something in early childhood prevents a MAGA from seeking truth.

The only cures are public education and old time Christianity, which are very nearly  the same thing.
 
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Bruce » 19 Aug 2023, 11:27 am » wrote: Why do right wing conservatives who were not properly educated as children fall for any fake news sone con man wants to sell them?

They will not Google.  They are afraid of truth. It’s that simple.

Barry Sadler was America’s hero Green Beret in 1966.

I learned the song, and still sing it today.

But whatever became of him?

—-

Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer/songwriter, and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic "Ballad of the Green Berets," a #1 hit in 1966. He died at age 49 after being shot in the head in Guatemala City.

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WHAT!!!

Why was Barry Sadler in Guatemala? 

It’s one Google away.

Something in early childhood prevents a MAGA from seeking truth.

The only cures are public education and old time Christianity, which are very nearly  the same thing.

He was shot down in Guatemala City while fighting over a Mexican whore.
He was down there running guns to the Contras for Col. Oliver North.
My oldest grandson is named Oliver after Oliver North.

Sadler is the one who wrote the 22-book series....."Casca, The Eternal Mercenary".
Casca is the Roman Soldier who stabbed Jesus on Golgotha.    Jesus cursed him
to live until the return of Jesus & they meet again.  I have read all 22 books.
Sadler was shipped back to the VA hospital where he lingered for a while & then
died.  I think he is buried in the VA cemetery in Nashville.    But maybe Arlington.
https://youtu.be/WFZaFHbQPaE

 
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Bruce » 19 Aug 2023, 11:27 am » wrote: Why do right wing conservatives who were not properly educated as children fall for any fake news sone con man wants to sell them?

They will not Google.  They are afraid of truth. It’s that simple.

Barry Sadler was America’s hero Green Beret in 1966.

I learned the song, and still sing it today.

But whatever became of him?

—-

Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer/songwriter, and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic "Ballad of the Green Berets," a #1 hit in 1966. He died at age 49 after being shot in the head in Guatemala City.

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WHAT!!!

Why was Barry Sadler in Guatemala? 

It’s one Google away.

Something in early childhood prevents a MAGA from seeking truth.

The only cures are public education and old time Christianity, which are very nearly  the same thing.
The VA hospital I was thinking of was the big one in Nashville.
I admire Barry Sadler.    A++ writer.
I am going to play poker.      Poker is more fun than politics.                
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote:
And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. And it’s not limited to things like elections that are overtly political: Republicans were more likely than Democrats to reject basic science about COVID, and thus die of the disease at much higher rates than Democrats. Even when their lives and their families’ lives are at stake, Republicans let themselves be suckered into believing things that are easily proven false. It’s gotten so bad that Republicans are more than 400% more likely to be banned from Twitter than Democrats.
Why is this? It turns out there are several reasons. First, conservatives are more vulnerable to listening to and believing people who present themselves as authority figures. They need a father figure. Father will protect and take care of you. Putting your trust in authoritarian figures diminishes the complexity of life: there’s less to have to know or worry about if you believe that “father” has it all under control. Hence their higher rate of belief in a God. But it also makes conservatives more vulnerable to believing any old thing that “father” tells them. Second, there’s more conservative misinformation out there than there is liberal misinformation. Thus, conservatives are more likely to be exposed to it and to share it. To a large extent, this flows from the conservative worldview being more adolescent, narcissistic and “me-centered,” with the myth of the “rugged individual” at its center. The conservative worldview putting, as it does, the “freedom of the individual” above the “welfare of society,” is much more vulnerable to corporate-funded pitches that work to increase profits. The core message of most advertising is, after all, “You are the most important person in the world and you want this product. ”And make no mistake about it: a lot of what passes as news and commentary is actually advertising for the idea that corporations and billionaires should be able to do whatever they want. “Low taxes, reduced regulations, smaller government”: it’s a sales pitch.
While Republicans have always been vulnerable to this sort of psychological manipulation, we had guardrails in place to protect the public from being swamped by it. When Reagan took down the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, Congress passed bipartisan legislation putting it back into effect: Reagan vetoed it.
Tell us more about Russia collusion and pee pee tapes  :die:  
 
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Z09 » 19 Aug 2023, 1:57 pm » wrote: And did you fall for Russian Collision?
Pee tapes?
How about Trump will start a nuclear war anyway?
Or maybe Trump never pays taxes?

What did you fall for?
First, there’s no proof of pee tapes but Trump’s bodyguard confirmed the part where Putin offered five hookers.  Bodyguard said he and Trump laughed about it and bodyguard went to bed in another room.

If that was Biden Comer would declare the pee tapes true!  

The pre tapes might be true.  Likely not.  Would Trump let five hookers pee on his bed?   Nope.

As to nuclear war we were safe.  Trump owns too much ****.

And Trump hardly ever does pay taxes.

On September 27, 2020, The New York Timespublished a report on more than two decades of Trump's tax-return data, including information from 2017 and 2018 (his first two years in office), having obtained the data earlier that month.[52] The documents contradict many of Trump's public claims to have a flourishing and prosperous business empire,[52] showing that as a result of reporting losses in many years and receiving a $72.9 million tax refund, Trump paid no net federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years of the past two decades. After the refund, Trump had an average tax bill of $1.4 million per year over the 18 years.[52][167] In 2016, Trump paid only $750 in federal income tax, and in 2017, he paid another $750 in federal income tax.
 
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Taipan » 19 Aug 2023, 1:38 pm » wrote: He was shot down in Guatemala City while fighting over a Mexican whore.
He was down there running guns to the Contras for Col. Oliver North.
My oldest grandson is named Oliver after Oliver North.

Sadler is the one who wrote the 22-book series....."Casca, The Eternal Mercenary".
Casca is the Roman Soldier who stabbed Jesus on Golgotha.    Jesus cursed him
to live until the return of Jesus & they meet again.  I have read all 22 books.
Sadler was shipped back to the VA hospital where he lingered for a while & then
died.  I think he is buried in the VA cemetery in Nashville.    But maybe Arlington.
https://youtu.be/WFZaFHbQPaE
Gee, look how healthy the ultra right wing lifestyle was for Barry Sadler, who was a nice, respected, handsome family man in 1966 little boys looked up to.
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Bruce » 19 Aug 2023, 2:27 pm » wrote: Gee, look how healthy the ultra right wing lifestyle was for Barry Sadler, who was a nice, respected, handsome family man in 1966 little boys looked up to.

The problem isn't going away.
What do you propose.?
Let the Dem *** run Dem cities.??
Is that your solution ??                               
Where are you now compare to White run cities of 1950   ???
Can I join a shop-lift flash-gang?
No??   Why??   Because I am White.??

What is your solution ?                                  
:loco:  

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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 4:41 am » wrote:

And here I thought it was just because they were dumbasses.

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news (msn.com)

.....: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats.
millions of Democrats believed that Russian "interference" was able to flip enough EC votes away from Hillary and towards Trump to have caused the greatest upset of our lifetime...!!!   :LOL:  
1000s of hysterical BSC Snowflakes jammed the SUICIDE HOTLINES...!!! :LOL:  
Many other Hysterical Libtard Drama Queens  vowed to move to Canada if Trump won...for fear that Trump would turn the USA into Nazi Germany...! :LOL:  


 
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Bruce » 19 Aug 2023, 11:27 am » wrote: Why do right wing conservatives who were not properly educated as children fall for any fake news sone con man wants to sell them?

They will not Google.  They are afraid of truth. It’s that simple.

Barry Sadler was America’s hero Green Beret in 1966.

I learned the song, and still sing it today.

But whatever became of him?

—-

Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer/songwriter, and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic "Ballad of the Green Berets," a #1 hit in 1966. He died at age 49 after being shot in the head in Guatemala City.

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WHAT!!!

Why was Barry Sadler in Guatemala? 

It’s one Google away.

Something in early childhood prevents a MAGA from seeking truth.

The only cures are public education and old time Christianity, which are very nearly  the same thing.

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My mistake.   It was an inside joke amongst us pilots.
I am contractor.   Temp-employee.
Master-Pilot.     High Dollar.

I negotiate my salary with several different companies.
.....based on existing conditions.           
I took the joke too far.

I am a "lone-wolf" pilot.......who traded company benefits......
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I have no company benefits.       None.
I break trail.....on my own.
Win, lose or draw.

Why did I chose this path ?     Easy.       Freedom to live life......
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I accept responsibility.            
         
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Punch » 19 Aug 2023, 11:12 am » wrote: Just look at the photo. Look long and take in all its idiocy. That's you and yours.
Is that anything like the IDIOCY that "men can become women and women can become men if they decide they want to" **** you and your nasty POS condone??

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