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maryellen99

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5. My husband's trump worshipping cousin mocked me for using snopes

Reply to Hamlette (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2018, 04:21 AM

Jul 2018

She told me just because it said it wasn’t true doesn’t mean it isn’t. It was about California banning the Bible. She has since been unfriended due to her support for child concentration camps.

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How do we cope now that a significant number of us believe lies? [View all] Hamlette Jul 2018 OP

The right-wing propagandists are shouting down those who speak the truth. John1956PA Jul 2018 #1

agreed Hamlette Jul 2018 #2

I don't believe anything any redumbliCON says. democratisphere Jul 2018 #3

No you should be freaking out Saboburns Jul 2018 #4

My husband's trump worshipping cousin mocked me for using snopes maryellen99 Jul 2018 #5

I hope you told her sarah FAILIN Jul 2018 #17

Yes I did nt maryellen99 Jul 2018 #21

This goes back for as long as I can remember Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #6

Eisenhower did have meetings with aliens Kilgore Jul 2018 #9

Thanks for sharing Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #10

I knew Old Abe was a blogger Kilgore Jul 2018 #14

it seems worse now Hamlette Jul 2018 #16

It only seems worse with our instant, interconnected world Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #22

There are enough people to change the Government. The only way to fix this is GOTV. OnDoutside Jul 2018 #7

It's now a culture war, the spoils of which include the naming-rights to reality. VOX Jul 2018 #8

The reichwingers are re-writing textbooks Ilsa Jul 2018 #11

One side refuses to listen to the truth... czarjak Jul 2018 #12

This is the product of a massive and sophisticated propaganda machine Crunchy Frog Jul 2018 #13

geez, facebook ucrdem Jul 2018 #15

I've been saying for a long time that Dems need to make a big push for media literacy in schools. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #18

we need to teach critical thinking skills Hamlette Jul 2018 #19

Analyzing, evaluating, verifying...it all needs to be taught. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #20