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PatSeg

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5. Yes, not thinking can be come a bad habit

Reply to ananda (Reply #3)

Fri May 29, 2026, 06:48 PM

22 hrs ago

And it is easy if you have Fox News or right-wing radio turned on most of the time.

A few people I know were going through some rough personal issues and combined with listening to right-wing crap everyday, they became very vulnerable. On some level, they were looking for someone to blame - "Hey it must be those damn liberals and their elitist ways."

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