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Nasruddin

(754 posts)

11. We've always needed it

Reply to usaf-vet (Reply #10)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 01:42 PM

Jan 2020

Everywhere, all the time

The US has a long & virtually complete history of waves of cults, millenialists, conspiracy theorists, red scares, yellow scares, immigrant myths, pseudo science, medical fads, & other nonsense. Pick any random year, I'll bet you'll find something floating to the surface in the press or other accounts.

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I work as a contractor for the DoD [View all] The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 OP

Good for you, for the important work you're doing! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2020 #1

Throughout the course one phrase was repeated The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #6

Gee, that sounds just like grumpyduck Jan 2020 #2

read john dean's 'conservative without conscience' mopinko Jan 2020 #3

Great read. Dean nails the conservative mindset and backs it up with data. Pepsidog Jan 2020 #23

Take care of yourself when you are in these problematic areas. brer cat Jan 2020 #4

Important points to keep in mind! 2naSalit Jan 2020 #5

Poor Poor Fox Viewers MagickMuffin Jan 2020 #7

The big media advertisers now call the shots. Dustlawyer Jan 2020 #8

I remember all the Lockheed Martin ads during the run up to the Iraq invasion MagickMuffin Jan 2020 #17

It's not just Fox ArcticFox Jan 2020 #9

Read my last sentence again MagickMuffin Jan 2020 #16

Read your post at a stoplight ArcticFox Jan 2020 #18

Great so we all now need SERE training to survive this hostile takeover of our Republic. usaf-vet Jan 2020 #10

We've always needed it Nasruddin Jan 2020 #11

Wish I could rec replies The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #12

For me and my dad and his dad it was always honoring the oath we each took on enlistment. usaf-vet Jan 2020 #32

Well, I am a lineman for the county TlalocW Jan 2020 #13

Great fucking song The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #15

TY. Just a civilian here, but I remember the gut-punched feeling when I realized what was going on Hekate Jan 2020 #14

Excellent post cp Jan 2020 #19

Should requred course before high school graduation... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #20

Thank you Polack MSgt for the great advice, and stay safe. alwaysinasnit Jan 2020 #21

I may trip on my way to the shower trailer, so I will be careful The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #27

Regardless, stuff can happen in the most unexpected of places. alwaysinasnit Jan 2020 #28

You're the man, Sarge! marble falls Jan 2020 #22

You're right -- the tactics are as old as the hills. No doubt Cyrus the Great had his Goebbels. n/t MrModerate Jan 2020 #24

You just described the GOPee's entire media strategy sandensea Jan 2020 #25

Seems to fit the Middle East, the impeachment trial, tariffs, and current political campaigns. keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #26

Bookmarked. MFGsunny Jan 2020 #29

This whole country needs a Resisting Indoctrination class! Pacifist Patriot Jan 2020 #30

+++ The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #38

you'e describing team limbaugh, and they've been doing it for 30 years to a captive audience certainot Jan 2020 #31

Thank you for this important read! Karadeniz Jan 2020 #33

Great Post! delisen Jan 2020 #34

Great post! burrowowl Jan 2020 #35

Every time I go into a restaurant and the television... Trueblue Texan Jan 2020 #36

Sounds like Fox News BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #37

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2020 #39

K&R UTUSN Jan 2020 #40