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Maven

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11. Social media has created a form of mass psychosis among this group.

Reply to dawg (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 04:51 PM

Jul 2020

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It offers an echo chamber for the delusional (and likely, some unfriendly foreign agents) to reinforce each other's delusions. Uneducated white people in America have a complex of entitlement, grievance and racism, so they are highly susceptible to a theory that puts them "in the know" about a shadowy conspiracy to take down their white supremacist leader (Trump).

Until we regulate social media and stop the spread of this malignancy in our society, the problem is only going to get worse.

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QAnon scores wins, creating GOP problem [View all] RandySF Jul 2020 OP

Who the F*** is QAnon, anyway? BComplex Jul 2020 #1

A naked incel in his mom's basement. Nt Quixote1818 Jul 2020 #3

Remember Pizzagate? More people than you would imagine believe conspiracy theories to support Trump mahina Jul 2020 #8

Wow. Just wow. I went and read the article on QAnon the Atlantic put out. BComplex Jul 2020 #12

The flights are targeting Bernie supporters especially it seems mahina Jul 2020 #13

That's why I'm wondering which country it is that is behind this. Who has the most to lose? BComplex Jul 2020 #16

That's always my first question too mahina Jul 2020 #17

A nonstop full blast fire hose of Fascist propaganda that smears the libs. magicarpet Jul 2020 #2

Is he/she a russian agent inside the white house? Or someone who has the place bugged? BComplex Jul 2020 #5

I am going with that it's a wing of the Trump campaign mahina Jul 2020 #18

If that's the case, then it's definitely russian related. BComplex Jul 2020 #19

No doubt mahina Jul 2020 #21

What does your cousin say about it? mahina Jul 2020 #22

At some point, we're going to have to seriously address the fact that ... dawg Jul 2020 #4

I know that is true, Dawg. And fox propaganda is behind SO much of it. They're the ones that have BComplex Jul 2020 #6

Exactly. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #9

Social media has created a form of mass psychosis among this group. Maven Jul 2020 #11

Indeed CatLady78 Jul 2020 #15

Yep, Something's wrong uponit7771 Jul 2020 #14

It's a problem of their own making. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #7

These people should not hold office. Easily bribed. Cray. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #10

The Republicans created this monster themselves Silent3 Jul 2020 #20