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Mysterian

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13. Thank Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 12:09 PM

Dec 2025

The billionaire-owned mass media has spewed right-wing propaganda for decades. There are simply no liberal, truthful equivalents to Fox "News," Sinclair, etc. Even the major networks we have always considered neutral (ABC,CBS,NBC) are part of the media monopoly and are biased heavily to the right. Humans are gullible and propaganda works.

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I cannot comprehend how people keep voting for Republicans. [View all] milestogo Dec 2025 OP

Brainwashing from a young age to HATE anyone with a D behind their names. I live in the deep south. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2025 #1

Their hatred is greater than their common sense. Polly Hennessey Dec 2025 #2

Read the comments on Facebook posts about ICE CanonRay Dec 2025 #3

Propaganda + ignorance x hate America 2025 31st Street Bridge Dec 2025 #4

They like what's happening. It ain't that deep WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2025 #5

Tribalism is a powerful drug. sop Dec 2025 #6

Deep South ZDU Dec 2025 #7

i frequently work outside orleans parish, in scalia country. rampartd Dec 2025 #9

2 things: Botany Dec 2025 #8

We also allowed these awful churches to preach politics from the pulpit, travelingthrulife Dec 2025 #12

And those churches spread Russian produced misinformation all the time to such as anti vaccine and anti Botany Dec 2025 #16

Many of them vote AGAINST Democrats and Liberals leftstreet Dec 2025 #10

Cult NewHendoLib Dec 2025 #11

Thank Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the television Mysterian Dec 2025 #13

They start voting because they are stupid, they keep voting because they are very very stupid. nt yaesu Dec 2025 #14

There are some really really racist and stupid people in this country Johonny Dec 2025 #15

I can. It's that same ol bluestarone Dec 2025 #17

Racism, religion, and ignorance - Snarkoleptic Dec 2025 #18

Bigotry and resentment towards others JI7 Dec 2025 #19

I was visiting my husbands family in Arizona last week kimbutgar Dec 2025 #20

A few reasons.... biocube Dec 2025 #21

Tribalism. Sneederbunk Dec 2025 #22

Republicans do understand it, they just don't give a damn and/or see it as a desirable characteristic. Silent Type Dec 2025 #23

The mix of racism, anti-brown immigrants, RW religion, and don't forget sexism re Hillary, and Kamala, though... electric_blue68 Dec 2025 #24

K&R Scott Alan Swaggerty Dec 2025 #25

Keep in mind that the "dumbing down" of America has been a right-wing project for YEARS... buzzycrumbhunger Dec 2025 #26

So a rich republican ( or a group of rich republicans) questionseverything Dec 2025 #27

They're shitty people. Iggo Dec 2025 #28

Between abortion and support for the poor, republicans and the media have branded us as evil socialist commies whatevers unblock Dec 2025 #29

As most already said above, HATE, HATE, and B.See Dec 2025 #30

WILFULL IGNORANCE Emile Dec 2025 #31

seems the great majority of magats, imo, are STUPID PEOPLE (dumbfucks, uneducated, lowlifes) orleans Dec 2025 #32

Some of them are brainwashed. milestogo Dec 2025 #33

Come for the hate racism. Blame Dems for the consequences of their bad choices. usonian Dec 2025 #34