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CrispyQ

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6. Sadly, this scenario has played out millions of times across America.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 11:51 AM

Jul 2021

I have a cousin who was like a brother to me growing up. He's college educated, retired now, & a trumper. He's not a total nut job like my other trumper cousin, but I thought I'd reach out & ask if he thought the 2020 election was stolen & he does. That said, he was one of the first in line to get vaxxed.

Our nation is more divided than it's ever been, IMO. Forty percent of our fellow citizens deny reality. No matter how bad it was in the past, we at least shared a common reality.

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A touch of despair after talking to my neighbor... [View all] steve2470 Jul 2021 OP

I just don't get it, why people listen to and believe that crap. And millions listen to RKP5637 Jul 2021 #1

I'm about to reconnect with old friends cilla4progress Jul 2021 #2

+1 good for you I don't understand people who stay silent . The other person is telling luckone Jul 2021 #8

I've got one of those too Rorey Jul 2021 #3

You handled that well. I hope I could in a similar situation but I don't know... brush Jul 2021 #5

We didn't talk for awhile after that Rorey Jul 2021 #9

Watch "The Brainwashing of My Dad", a documentary no_hypocrisy Jul 2021 #4

Sadly, this scenario has played out millions of times across America. CrispyQ Jul 2021 #6

i have a handsome, single, next door neighbor. my age. mopinko Jul 2021 #7

"Unfailingly kind" Nazi supporter, LOL traitorsgalore Jul 2021 #10

I talked to a fellow collector and friend of mine, and he spouted off that dinosaurs died out... SWBTATTReg Jul 2021 #11

Hmmm. All of my neighbors think I'm the crazy one. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #12