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Former President Donald Trump's supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone following along, this is 100% what propaganda tries to do. Tells you not to trust anyone but them, tells you everyone but them lies. This is classic state actor behavior.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't tell anybody to trust me. I'm telling you to question your own cult of authority. If you think the US is any different than any other cult, it's because you're brainwashed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A demonstrable lie. I don’t trust government actors.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yet you accept the Jonestown story uncritically.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I reject your story. I don’t trust the government.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

False dichotomy. My alternative version of events comes from lack of trust in the government's narrative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, sure dude. Then why do are you arguments ring of being a government actor?

I don’t see any dichotomy here. You just work for the state.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In hospice, we call what you're going through the denial, bargaining, and anger stages of grief. The truth is, you have no logical way to counter my proposal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That which is present with with lies needs no truth to dismiss. I trust my fellow citizens, not you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you get a lot of input from your fellow citizens? Do they all pull from the same sources of information? Do they ever approach that information with a critical eye, or do they blindly defend what they think they know like you do?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They just don’t trust people like you. Simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They only know their fantasy of me and the fact that I question their perception of reality. Nothing more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They know your a state actor. They don’t need to know anything else.