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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

2. I think you're right.

Reply to Silent3 (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 07:55 AM

Sep 2013

But I believe the pump has been primed for while. What really started it was the election of President Obama. We see this all the time - when Bush was our common enemy, we could agree on more. Once a Democrat was in the Oval Office, we turn more to infighting. And the loudest, most paranoid voices shout everyone else out.

You are right about the unfortunate increasing resemblance to FR, too.

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Is it just me, or was the breaking of the NSA/Snowden story a big turning point... [View all] Silent3 Sep 2013 OP

First rec. lamp_shade Sep 2013 #1

I think you're right. trotsky Sep 2013 #2

Fairly new here, so I couldn't say Sanddog42 Sep 2013 #3

CT = conspiracy theory EvolveOrConvolve Sep 2013 #5

Frankly, I've always felt there was a lot more passion skepticscott Sep 2013 #4

I think there is a great deal of toadying Obama support from a significant group muriel_volestrangler Sep 2013 #6

I have not been visiting DU as much anymore, partly because of this... uriel1972 Sep 2013 #7

"Dislike" takes many forms. Silent3 Sep 2013 #8

On second thought dislike is probably too ambiguous... uriel1972 Sep 2013 #9