2016 Postmortem

hamsterjill

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15. I'm sorry..."seemingly bright"????

Thu Dec 1, 2016, 01:53 PM

Dec 2016

To me, you could see the stupidity oozing out her eyeballs. I encounter these types in my own area on a daily basis. They not only believe anything they are told, but will argue with you even if you provide facts that dispute their preconceptions. Then, they go find their friends and gang up on you so that you'll be intimidated and yield to them. It's what they've been taught to do - mostly from the pulpit, too.

These types are not capable of independent thought. I honestly don't know if it is a physical or mental incapacity, a need to simply fit in, lack of education or all of the above.

But it is a realistic picture of what we are up against for the next four years at a minimum, and it's frightening.

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Unbelievable!! Trump supporters' claim stuns CNN anchor [View all] mfcorey1 Dec 2016 OP

The time for the media to be smacking their heads Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #1

They believe whatever Fox News or Trump tells them. This country doc03 Dec 2016 #2

Alisyn Camerota is one of the very few anchors I like nowadays mtnsnake Dec 2016 #3

Stop interviewing these people. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #4

Exactly. The TV media is disgusting how they give equal time to liars and halfwits mtnsnake Dec 2016 #7

No, you quit because you didn't like all of the "President elect" news CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #9

They interview these people to try to expose their stupidity...but hamsterjill Dec 2016 #12

That should have been the media reaction every single day throughout the campaign... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #5

I saw that - I couldn't believe that a seemingly bright person was that ill informed. CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #6

I've posted these before and I'll post them again: Garrett78 Dec 2016 #10

Wait. Scalia literally believed in the devil???? This needs to asked in the confirmation hearings JudyM Dec 2016 #19

Maybe that's why he was convinced the devil exists. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #36

Just incredible. And tRump is continuing to assault the media as liars. Which they often are, but JudyM Dec 2016 #38

We just have to outnumber them. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #40

Certainly true. The question will be whether he succeeds in dumbing everyone down more than JudyM Dec 2016 #41

They have been carefully taught, Garrett78. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #21

I think low information is the wrong term. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #11

yep. d_r Dec 2016 #20

I'm sorry..."seemingly bright"???? hamsterjill Dec 2016 #15

Liberals have allowed it for too long. I'll admit that I didn't make a big stink about... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #17

The blame lies squarely on the right. duffyduff Dec 2016 #32

The problem is tribalism in America. apnu Dec 2016 #18

You might be right. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #22

i don't see anything "seemingly bright" with that bunch JI7 Dec 2016 #33

was on the treadmill and saw this too jodymarie aimee Dec 2016 #8

Waste of time. Mariana Dec 2016 #30

it's not really about convincing them but putting out the facts because they claim to be a news JI7 Dec 2016 #34

You can't fight ignorance. Stubborn ignorance. Lint Head Dec 2016 #13

The fox video versus the snopes video. Jim__ Dec 2016 #14

Wait until she meets the anti-vaxers and flat-earthers. TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #16

CNN fake news FrenchieCat Dec 2016 #23

There is NO outreach to the half-wit and the idiot. LanternWaste Dec 2016 #24

There is no substitute for a brain! Coyotl Dec 2016 #25

But we're not suppose to call them "stupid" SHRED Dec 2016 #26

Ah, and the problem in this country is that MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS don't know how to source material? LisaM Dec 2016 #27

People like this are a lost cause Lanius Dec 2016 #28

this is all just tea baggers all over again. ill informed economic twits. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #29

Why can't we say most of them are dumbfucks and/or bigots ? JI7 Dec 2016 #31

THIS is what our M$M has brought us to. BigDemVoter Dec 2016 #35

As I suggested above, where was that sort of reaction during the campaign? Garrett78 Dec 2016 #37

Alisyn Camerota smacked the wrong head. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #39