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In reply to the discussion: Maybe I am just paranoid? [View all]stopdiggin
(14,994 posts)49. fear CAN be a positive
But it serves nothing to then NOT point to the fact that it can be terribly destructive and debilitating too. Correct?
The OP made statements of belief that almost certainly lean toward hyperbole ...
It seems that almost every Department of government has been compromised, including the CIA, the FBI, and all our intelligence agencies.
Russia is now in charge of our leaders
Russia is now in charge of our leaders
And - if truly believed - are, yes, probably both paranoid and conspiratorial. Saying so is only facing fact.
I do have to kind of chuckle and assign a degree of merit and invention to 'flipping the script' with, "Conspiracy denial theorists"
Is this the new and improved version of, "Just because your paranoid, doesn't mean .. " ?
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Maybe it's just all the oligarchs in it for themselves and cutting deals
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2024
#15
If you mean are you imagining things -- no. Sometimes they really out to get us, & this is such a time.
Hekate
Nov 2024
#30
Um...I think you are going a bit overboard - for now...Russians controlling our Gov't already? Uh, noooo....
electric_blue68
Nov 2024
#68