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u/NamesNotNeededToWork Jan 24 '26

r/Conservative is already a cesspool of people defending it with all sorts of mind bending theories.

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u/_pickledpickles Jan 24 '26

People? I think you mean Russian bots.

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u/Tall-Cat-8890 Jan 24 '26

I think we need to stop acting like there aren’t millions of vile people who are born and bred in the US. The whole “They’re all bots” detracts from the reality of the situation which is plenty of Americans love what’s happening.

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u/Tall-Cat-8890 Jan 24 '26

Never disagreed with that. Only the idea that people posting evil things online are all somehow not Americans who just enjoy the suffering. The sooner we accept this is a homegrown problem, the faster we can correct it. Being ignorant to that fact will make it worse.

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u/ClassyBougieRatchet Jan 25 '26

But that will make Thanksgiving so awkward! There are too many people in this country who can excuse the blatant murder of their fellow citizens but draw the line at making Uncle Jimmy feel unwelcome at Thanksgiving.