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n2doc

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7. Grifters abound in the RW-o-sphere

Reply to NCDem777 (Original post)

Mon Oct 16, 2017, 12:36 PM

Oct 2017

They know their audience is pre-selected to be gullible and poorly educated. If they believe the whoppers Trump and his ilk tell, they'll believe anything.

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Why are RWers embracing bunk "natural cures"? [View all] NCDem777 Oct 2017 OP

Two obvious reasons: DetlefK Oct 2017 #1

Alex Jones saw a nice profit to be made. n/t TygrBright Oct 2017 #2

Sick sites like natural news combine RW hatred with natural cures and prep per sales lunasun Oct 2017 #3

I used to read natural news and then when President Obama got elected it got really kimbutgar Oct 2017 #5

I checked before I used them as an example . Fake news cries, FBI not talking about 2nd shooter lunasun Oct 2017 #6

And yet they love Tom Price and others... ck4829 Oct 2017 #4

Grifters abound in the RW-o-sphere n2doc Oct 2017 #7

They view us a 'useless feeders' JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #8

Largely a symptom of their general idiocy. PoorMonger Oct 2017 #9