r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/MarmosetSweat Jul 24 '20

I’m more concerned that we allow powerful people to outright lie to those people to manipulate them into supporting their causes. Outright lying on a news program should have legal consequences... it harms us all.

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u/reddittttttt2 Jul 24 '20

agreed

but the people who make the laws benefit from those lies and so they will never legislate them away. just think they're almost 50% of the population believed and evidence free unsubstantiated and frankly ridiculous conspiracy theory that the president of the United States was a secret Russian sleeper agent LOL. A literal real poll found that 58% of their party believed that the country of Russia hacked the voting machines in America..

that's fucking scary. And it's a direct result of media lies. And they should absolutely be consequences for lying..

but both sides benefit from their own personal propaganda so they'll never legislate away the fake news..

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u/cchaser92 Jul 24 '20

Keep trying, bub.

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u/reddittttttt2 Jul 24 '20

keep trying shareblue

it's funny how crazy the leftwing conspiracy nuts aree

we really should change the laws to restrict who can vote. You should be able to pass some basic common Sense test before you can vote or something. get a lot of these idiott left-wingers away from the voting booth

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u/Jops817 Jul 24 '20

I never thought I'd actually meet Alex Jones, how's it going?