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In the discussion thread: "Why People Cave in to Extremist Ideas That Were Once Unthinkable" [View all]

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 06:12 AM

tjwmason (14,756 posts)

3. The more an idea is repeated

The more people get used to it.

It can start as part of a lunatic fringe, but if the lunatics repeat it frequently enough it will become part of the more general discourse.

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
"Why People Cave in to Extremist Ideas That Were Once Unthinkable" [View all]	just1voice	Aug 2012	OP
#1 reason: NO LEADERSHIP standing up to resist it.	kenny blankenship	Aug 2012	#1
+1 n/t	area51	Aug 2012	#2
Excellent point!	just1voice	Aug 2012	#4
If we just give him the Sudetenland everything will be fine	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#5
The more an idea is repeated	tjwmason	Aug 2012	#3

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