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23 SKIDOO!'s avatar

Ah, a Wikipedia reference, the tell tale sign of a critical thinker.

How much do you think she is really referring to this versus just throwing out "formal deprogramming" as a pop culture meme?

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Ibbiat's avatar

She's 75 years old. This deprogramming stuff was happening during her formative years. Of f!@#king course she's thinking about deprogramming as explained in the Wikipedia article.

She thinks Republican voters are effectively in a cult and need to be deprogrammed, exactly the same as people thought that cult members in the 60s should be deprogrammed. Are you people really this dumb.

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The Central Scrutinizer's avatar

OK, one last comment since this is an irresistible softball. Are you really so dumb you don't know the proper punctuation marks[pick one: .,()!?]

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Ibbiat's avatar

I didn't use a question mark because it was a rhetorical question and I didn't want to hear your reply.

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feldspar's avatar

It's not as informed as the Townhall editorial section, I agree.

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DC Reade's avatar

even if all it is is a "pop culture meme", it's really bad that so many people- including those in the highest reaches of government power- feel compelled to use hipspeak hyperbole to express their thoughts. It goes back at least as far as Ronald Reagan's way with a facile quip. And by now it's turned into some rhetorical arms race, with Hillary trying to out-soundbite Donald Trump's loose cannon outbursts.

And then some of the same people go on to bemoan "polarization."

Seriously, is it over yet?

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Dwhy's avatar

Ah, objecting to Wikipedia references, the telltale sign of a drooling moron who can only think in binary terms and refuses to apply critical thinking on a granular level to their media diet.

"How much do you think she is really referring to this versus just throwing out "formal deprogramming" as a pop culture meme?"

LOL

"I'm not wrong, look over there for a second!"

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