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PatSeg

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14. Yes and you didn't need to be a psychologist

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 06:55 PM

Jan 2021

to see how mentally ill Trump was. You just needed your eyes and ears. As has been said over and over again, "He told us who he was from the beginning".

I agree, understanding his followers will be an enormous challenge and I also believe it goes beyond cults. We really need to understand what happened and why.

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Philip Bump: An actual email I just got. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2021 OP

Well, today I was personally informed that Biden is a pedophile. Karadeniz Jan 2021 #1

I was told yesterday AwakeAtLast Jan 2021 #2

No excuse for the existence of lie factories. Karadeniz Jan 2021 #3

Would it make it worse AwakeAtLast Jan 2021 #5

Who is the minister? Karadeniz Jan 2021 #6

A friend of my Dad's AwakeAtLast Jan 2021 #7

Oh, dear! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #8

It is rather unsettling PatSeg Jan 2021 #4

You can tell they follow QAnon... Democrats are cannibals who abuse children, then kill them and Karadeniz Jan 2021 #9

It appears there is no conspiracy PatSeg Jan 2021 #10

There are measurable differences between how the conservative mind reacts v. a liberal mind. Karadeniz Jan 2021 #11

"They are less inclined to alter an opinion", PatSeg Jan 2021 #12

Facts won't affect them, but they're open to insane ideas. I remember right after Trump started Karadeniz Jan 2021 #13

Yes and you didn't need to be a psychologist PatSeg Jan 2021 #14