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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Thu Jul 5, 2018, 10:24 PM Jul 2018

If somehow every person at the Montana Trumpfest could be deported, America's

average IQ would rise by 50 points.

I am being charitable in attributing their cheering and applause to ignorance. The only other alternative is that they are just as evil and amoral as Trump is and I just haven't been able to stretch my mind around that possibility yet---perhaps because it's so damn scary.

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If somehow every person at the Montana Trumpfest could be deported, America's (Original Post) Atticus Jul 2018 OP

I'm sure they would cheer anyway meadowlark5 Jul 2018 #1

Agree. We should trade them all cpamomfromtexas Jul 2018 #2

meadowlark5

(2,795 posts)

1. I'm sure they would cheer anyway

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Thu Jul 5, 2018, 10:42 PM

Jul 2018

But I can't help but wonder if there aren't crowd coaches - someone who works for Trump to tell the crowd to cheer, cheer louder, start a chant etc. So it looks extra good on teevee.

cpamomfromtexas

(1,245 posts)

2. Agree. We should trade them all

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2018, 11:15 PM

Jul 2018

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