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misanthrope

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11. "We hurt the people you hate"

Sun Jul 21, 2024, 05:42 PM

Jul 2024

That is the underpinning of Trump's whole appeal. A lot of us don't want to believe that about the folks around us. We want to believe everyone is decent and follows their better angels. Instead we have been shown through things like the Milgram experiment, the Third Wave experiment, the Stanford prison experiment, and Abu Ghraib that most of us are a blend of good and bad and it doesn't take much for the bad to come to the fore.

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Republicans now will change their campaign from racism, sexism, and bigotry to [View all] JohnSJ Jul 2024 OP

They sure have a complex and brilliant platform. Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #1

Don't they though JohnSJ Jul 2024 #2

"We hurt the people you hate" misanthrope Jul 2024 #11

I mean that's all they have got Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #3

No, it will be LisaL Jul 2024 #4

Yes, excellent catch JohnSJ Jul 2024 #6

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The atmosphere is different this time around. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2024 #7

I think Florida could be in play and Michigan numbers kerry-is-my-prez Jul 2024 #8

Hillary's revenge for what they did to her in 2016 JohnSJ Jul 2024 #9

No kidding! I'm quite pass the age but I've Feared for Younger Women once Roe was Oblitherated!... electric_blue68 Jul 2024 #10

An absolute certainty. dalton99a Jul 2024 #12