XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Governor Swill wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 07:07:48 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Governor Swill wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >>   
   >>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:12:26 -0000 (UTC), pothead wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>And that is the problem with polls in general. People are ignorant to the   
   >>>>specifics and are not told the entire picture.   
   >>>   
   >>> But they vote anyway.  It's no wonder the country is in such a mess.   
   >>> The voters are deliberately ignorant.   
   >>   
   >>Well, also they are subject to a torrent of lies, gaslighting, and   
   >>fear-mongering, mostly uncorrected by the mainstream media (e.g.   
   >>Fox News).   
   >   
   > All of which could be negated by doing a bit of Internet checking of   
   > the facts.   
      
   Uh, that's a good part of the torrent!   
      
   > I used "deliberately" um, deliberately.  The accept news that's   
   > *emotionally* satisfying but make a point of not checking the facts   
   > because that might reduce their emotional satisfaction.   
      
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