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2016 Postmortem

Garrett78

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5. I need a portal to a parallel universe and STAT!

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Fri Dec 2, 2016, 04:33 PM

Dec 2016

I've posted before that tens of millions of Americans are essentially living in an alternate reality. Tens of millions subscribe to patently false beliefs. And presenting them with facts backfires, as the false beliefs become further ingrained.

The bright side is young people can be reached, and the country is getting more diverse. Dems just have to outnumber the crazies. Fight voter suppression and find a way to engage the disengaged (the 40% who don't vote in presidential elections and the 60% who don't vote in mid-term elections).

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Multiverse theory and the Trump phenomenon. Or disaster, if you will. [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2016 OP

Well done! mtnsnake Dec 2016 #1

Thank you. Sometimes I try to be funny, sometimes what I write comes out funny. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #2

Kickin' to bookmark. Faux pas Dec 2016 #3

Thanks. The harder question is: guillaumeb Dec 2016 #4

I need a portal to a parallel universe and STAT! Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

Agreed on all points. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #6