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32. A significant number are followers of the media machine...

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 01:45 PM

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...created by reactionary Catholic billionaires (Tom Monaghan et al.), e.g. EWTN, Relevant Radio, Ave Maria Radio/Ave Maria anything, National Catholic Register (not to be confused with the National Catholic Reporter). Those media organizations push hard-line reactionary "thought" 24/7, and appeal to the paranoid, brittle psychology of those who wish to "escape from freedom" and become slaves to a theocracy.

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A close friend asked me a good question last night malaise Tuesday #5

Exactly Six117 Tuesday #14

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A significant number are followers of the media machine... keep_left Tuesday #32

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. dalton99a Tuesday #13

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