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hay rick

(7,495 posts)
15. People change.
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:37 PM
Nov 2012

It's sad, but it's the truth. I view the the right-wing hate memes as a form of psychological virus. Viruses that attack the body change and weaken the body. Psychological viruses do the same thing to a persons thought processes and infect their attitudes and ultimately their choices.

We all become slightly different people over time based on the cumulative effect of our daily experience. Right-wing memes organize and exploit daily experience in a way that emphasizes a person's sense of victimization and closes off the normal experience of empathy. People under that influence can change profoundly. Intelligent people are in no way immune to this kind of disorder.

I'm sorry for your loss. Know that you are not alone.

It sort of reminds me of the walking dead... Obamamama44 Nov 2012 #1
Yep, the Zombie Apocalypse arrived in stages. freshwest Nov 2012 #12
Well said, "the walkers"... just1voice Nov 2012 #32
Unfortunately, sociopathy is a degenerative disease. Maplegrass Nov 2012 #2
I've spent the last ten years trying to figure out the definition of "compassionate conservatism." Initech Nov 2012 #5
It's a lie. Just that simple. (n/t) Maplegrass Nov 2012 #23
I am so sorry for you Mortos. Sounds like you lost a good friend. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #3
Same story here JB126 Nov 2012 #4
that is EXACTLY what it is Skittles Nov 2012 #18
To be frank, I am not sure what kind of friends they really were if they do not accept you for your still_one Nov 2012 #6
She was my the best female friend I have ever had Mortos Nov 2012 #7
That is of course your view, but it appears not reciprocal still_one Nov 2012 #9
Maybe you can wait a few weeks and write her a snal mail letter Liberalynn Nov 2012 #17
I'm sorry, Mortos. undeterred Nov 2012 #8
I disagree that she is gone for good Awknid Nov 2012 #10
I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your friend... chillfactor Nov 2012 #11
Sorry for your loss Moral Compass Nov 2012 #13
I am sorry for your loss Liberalynn Nov 2012 #14
People change. hay rick Nov 2012 #15
Me too. Ilsa Nov 2012 #16
I Can Feel The Pain... WiffenPoof Nov 2012 #19
How sad. So sorry. October Nov 2012 #20
It is alarming, it's some sort of mass psychosis. The right wing hate media has done catbyte Nov 2012 #21
This pisses me off so bad! The right-wing hate machine in ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #22
My Senior Prom Date Became 'Born Again' when she went away to college. TheBlackAdder Nov 2012 #24
I'm sorry. That sucks. But it's not you. It's them. It sounds like you really have grown Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #25
It's too bad we lose our friends and family members to rw propaganda.. run of the mill Cha Nov 2012 #26
Not trying to sound alarmist (really, I'm not), but this is what happened in Nazi Germany. reformist2 Nov 2012 #27
Mandatory critical thinking and reasoning classes? ffr Nov 2012 #28
I WISH that were possible, but right wing & corporate interests are dead set against critical We People Nov 2012 #30
that's rough bench scientist Nov 2012 #29
You might want to contact her and make sure she actually unfriended you. Lucinda Nov 2012 #31
I'm very sorry for your loss. I think this is symptomatic of a much bigger problem. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #33
I'm sorry for your loss. This is the cruelest fruit of 30 years of Reagan-Bushism, that it coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #34
Saw the same thing happen to a client's friend. The Doctor. Nov 2012 #35
So sorry to hear about that. AverageJoe90 Nov 2012 #36
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