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ObserverArt12/13/2018 1:46:58 pm PST

re: #105 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel

Remember 1993, when Wayne LaPenis made his crack about “jack-booted thugs?” Hundreds of NRA life members resigned in protest, including Bush 41. I wonder how many, if any, will resign over the enormously more serious revelation of Russian subversion? The membership, in fact, will probably be almost unanimous in dismissing the charge as a fabrication by the Deep State. This shows the pervasive and sinister power of the conspiracy culture, and the utter depravity of conservative opinion-makers.

Agreed…but a whole hell of a lot of people have to be either totally ignorant or willfully ignorant to buy the conspiracy.

And I find that troubling for a society.

So many people are willing to buy some of the most ridiculously thin conspiracy thinking. And they have to be opened up to do that. Is it education, the lack thereof? Is it churches teaching not to trust our institutions? I just don’t know why this works.

If we had a more critical thinking citizenry Fox News might not even be able to do what they do, not to mention all the others like Alex Jones and the real nuts.