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Cosmocat

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10. Correct - many decades of gas lighting

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:33 AM

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by completely immoral profiteers like Limbaugh, Hannity, Carlson, Beck, Ingraham and many thousands of others cranking up people on the evil liberal boogyman, hate government and all the many contrived "issues" like the WAR NO CHRISTMAS, while telling them they are great patriots and christians.

Honestly don't know that we can survive it at this point, we are past a critical mass that just too many people believe the bullshit in their bones.

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