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Mossfern

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31. I stopped going to my gym

Wed Mar 6, 2024, 05:18 PM

Mar 2024

because they played Fox news on the TVs.

I hardly think they would change their policy if I asked
So.... all those on treadmills, ellipticals, stationary, bicycles, stair masters and recumbent bicycles were somewhat forced to watch it. I brought my Kindle.
How many bars have Fox news on their TVs?
It's not only those who chose to watch it in their homes.

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How does a civllzed country go bugshit insane? [View all] Cyrano Mar 2024 OP

I'm so glad I left and my trip back in April will be my last until after the election. róisín_dubh Mar 2024 #1

The RW Christians bought the Republican Party get the red out Mar 2024 #35

The Abrahamic religions are especially anti-women. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2024 #37

To me it boils down to hatred and fear of women. With the RW in power, they are not shamed for it but proud. efhmc Mar 2024 #2

Germany was in tough shape after WWI, which they had lost badly. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #3

Interesting how quickly so many in a country in bad shape, and Cyrano Mar 2024 #5

It does seem that way. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #11

The country doesn't have to be in bad shape as long as enough people believe that it is. Biophilic Mar 2024 #28

Define civilized lindysalsagal Mar 2024 #4

Carl Sagan believed that humanity is currently in its adolescence. Cyrano Mar 2024 #9

The best of us may be young adults, cynical_idealist Mar 2024 #25

The veneer of civilization Alice Kramden Mar 2024 #30

By allowing propaganda outlets to pose as legitimate news organizations. Funtatlaguy Mar 2024 #6

It watches Fox news for 30 years. Turbineguy Mar 2024 #7

Don't forget Rush Limbaugh's vile contribution. Paladin Mar 2024 #34

This! is the real problem: right wing media outlets. jrthin Mar 2024 #36

If their ideas are so good Turbineguy Mar 2024 #39

They lie so much BECAUSE their ideas are no good. nt jrthin Mar 2024 #40

As a PoliSci undergrad I always knew and questioned this.. cilla4progress Mar 2024 #8

Fox 'news' mzmolly Mar 2024 #10

Fox "news" wouldn't exist if it' didn't have a receptive audience. Cyrano Mar 2024 #13

you are 100% correct. Not that you needed me to say it. NT Tickle Mar 2024 #16

The fact that they masquerade as news mzmolly Mar 2024 #17

Just a tiny percentage of adults watch Fox News Kaleva Mar 2024 #22

I'd be interested in your source. mzmolly Mar 2024 #24

I stopped going to my gym Mossfern Mar 2024 #31

my planet fitness here in deep red east texas prodigitalson Mar 2024 #33

Right? We have more information at our fingertips than ever before and yet 40% of the country are wet brains.nt GuppyGal Mar 2024 #12

Too bad there's no vaccination for it. Do you think they'd take it? Cyrano Mar 2024 #14

People look for info that reinforces their world view Kaleva Mar 2024 #21

By never having been civilized in the first place. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2024 #15

No civilized country area51 Mar 2024 #18

Bring educated, you should know humans aren't rational creatures. Kaleva Mar 2024 #19

40 years of Reaganomics pfitz59 Mar 2024 #20

"Keep your passport up to date" ? GenThePerservering Mar 2024 #23

Shitty public school systems decimated by NCLB. maveric Mar 2024 #26

We had help. Russian help. Yes it was there, they exploited it. n/t TygrBright Mar 2024 #27

There's this book I am reading, for the third time... Dan Mar 2024 #29

yeah I always wondered how Nazi Germany happened too prodigitalson Mar 2024 #32

Because the sad truth is that "civilization" is a very thin veneer over human nature. Jedi Guy Mar 2024 #38