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lostnfound

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31. Right now, most of us are funding the filters, brought our cable bills

Tue Jul 18, 2017, 12:37 PM

Jul 2017

Ithere are more effective ways to get through to people Han there used to be. A YouTube video or social media can be a way to get the story out. But there's a problem with "confirmation bias" and with the "battle for eyeballs". So many things that can draw attention.

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This country has moved so far to the right [View all] rainy Jul 2017 OP

DURec leftstreet Jul 2017 #1

+1000 Chasstev365 Jul 2017 #2

There's all kinds of Democrats. yallerdawg Jul 2017 #3

So you're farther to the right than Charlie Daniels? tenderfoot Jul 2017 #5

I'm farther to the left than you. yallerdawg Jul 2017 #8

for thousands of elected posts in those red states there is NO dem candidate at all. that's why msongs Jul 2017 #14

Show me a ballot in any Red State... yallerdawg Jul 2017 #17

Exactly the Republican Party doesn't invest a lot of money in the mayoral race in Chicago lunasun Jul 2017 #20

Jeez... RobinA Jul 2017 #24

Charlie Daniels is pretty good representation of the political change in the south inwiththenew Jul 2017 #16

Another point I'd like to make... yallerdawg Jul 2017 #27

The country has move so far to the right it makes my grand-parent's generation of conservatives... tenderfoot Jul 2017 #4

Ike wouldn't be allowed in today's Republican party. Golden Raisin Jul 2017 #7

Good post mvd Jul 2017 #6

This whole healthcare fiasco very telling: Discussion CAN'T focus on excess profits driving cost lostnfound Jul 2017 #23

Exactly mvd Jul 2017 #25

Right now, most of us are funding the filters, brought our cable bills lostnfound Jul 2017 #31

Most polls on substantiative issues indicate that it really hasn't Spider Jerusalem Jul 2017 #9

The Country Has Indeed Moved Right colsohlibgal Jul 2017 #10

True rainy Jul 2017 #11

It is not that. 80 something percent of the Trump supporters still love him. It is their Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2017 #12

Get rid of Fox and right wing hate machines😁 rainy Jul 2017 #13

I don't think we can reach them. But, we can out vote them! earthshine Jul 2017 #21

They will never take our freedom!!!! Initech Jul 2017 #15

Yes! Moving to the right just leads to more conservative extremism and I don't think we can Luciferous Jul 2017 #18

I guess for me I thought the 16 dem party platform was progressive and a women was nominated lunasun Jul 2017 #19

First I'd make sure people heard rainy Jul 2017 #22

LOL, keep trying snooper2 Jul 2017 #26

So let's say in November you have a House choice of a very conservative democrat, Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #28

+1000! Too much of "moving right" is at women's expense! Greybnk48 Jul 2017 #29

We need to challenge every bank owned WinstonSmith00 Jul 2017 #30