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Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Do they have short-term memory issues in all areas of life or is it just a problem they have when they're talking about politics?
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 5:21 pm
Didn't you used to be one?
If so - apparently there are memory problems all around.....
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm
I think the accuracy of their memory is directly linked to what it most beneficial to them at any moment.
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 5:30 pm
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Post policy political nihilists. It's not a memory problem, it's a death cult.
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 5:37 pm
It is most definitely an oversimplification but there are many one issue voters who choose red because of their one pet issue. The two that come to mind are Guns and abortion. Those are the two groups who will push for red because they know only the GOP will support their agenda. There is a similar amount of the same voting blue no matter who. The fact that we can't come together and realize that there are more important things than these fringe issues is what is crazy.
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 5:41 pm
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-and that same group that votes against that same issue consumes the majority of the same service. One issue voters don't believe in that garbage either - that's just their excuse to troll you.
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 6:55 pm
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(September 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I think the accuracy of their memory is directly linked to what it most beneficial to them at any moment.
Generally true, I think, but many in the Cult of Trump™ will vote for him even with his proven track record that whatever he does is only for him and his cronies.
Even when those policies are clearly detrimental to them.
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 8:24 pm
(September 21, 2020 at 5:21 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Didn't you used to be one?
If so - apparently there are memory problems all around.....
OK, good retort. I'd forgotten. I'm an old man. What's their excuse?
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 10:34 pm
(September 21, 2020 at 6:55 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (September 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I think the accuracy of their memory is directly linked to what it most beneficial to them at any moment.
Generally true, I think, but many in the Cult of Trump™ will vote for him even with his proven track record that whatever he does is only for him and his cronies.
Even when those policies are clearly detrimental to them.
Indeed. Just watch part of a rally.  If he says anything, stupid or otherwise (pff) his worshipers go ape-shit with applause. Stupid shits that wear t-shirts claiming, "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat" come to mind. There they sit, drinking the tainted run-off from the coal mine that the chump had one of his henchmen deregulate the effluents from, and not complaining. 
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RE: Question About Republicans
September 21, 2020 at 10:44 pm
(September 21, 2020 at 4:36 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Do they have short-term memory issues in all areas of life or is it just a problem they have when they're talking about politics?
Sure this is only a Republican thing?
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