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Richard Weingarten's avatar

You cannot reason people out of positions they did not reason themselves.

And as Will Rodgers said:

"There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation.

The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."

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Sharon Bennett's avatar

I had a similar conversation with one of my neighbors who spouted the same fox talking points. Instead of the job loss issue, she was upset about grocery prices. As we went through her issues point by point, she nodded in agreement with me that some of what she was saying may not be factual, but then she finished with "I dunno, there's just something about her I just don't like." And that's when my heart stopped beating because I heard that so much back in 2016...

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