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Richard Sutherland's avatar

Marycat2021, when you read "A Fever . . ." you'll see that the conclusion about MAGA being today's KKK is inescapable, right down to the white, Anglo Saxon Protestantism. DeSantis, a white Catholic, has sneaked into the group. Who could have ever imagined that such a shallow, empty, self-aggrandizing, serial lying congenital malignant narcissist such as Donald Trump could get even one vote, to say nothing about tens of millions. It is a great insult on the American populace and may point to the detrimental effects of religion on critical thinking abilities.

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Chris Soden's avatar

Richard, re: “It is a great insult on the American populace and may point to the detrimental effects of religion on critical thinking abilities.” I would add watching the short series on Prime, Happy Shining People, is a real eye opener for the far right evangelical movement that has and continues to be strong on the religious brainwashing of America.

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Richard Sutherland's avatar

I will check into it, Chris. "Happy Shining People." Makes me think of "the Stepford Wives."

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Chris Soden's avatar

Yes and the Handmaiden’s Tale.

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Richard Sutherland's avatar

It's interesting how irrational and clueless we can be. I have two daughters, both extremely well educated (MBA and J.D.) The older one (41) has one dgtr (3 yrs 8 mos) while the younger one (39) has no children. I think that they looked ahead 30 - 40 years and decided that it may not be the thing to bring new humans into this world. I can relate to that.

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Sharon Stearley's avatar

I totally agree! This is an amazing book! However, you may have trouble sleeping after reading! There are things in this book that I would never have imagined in a million years. It is so sickening...and we are currently living in it with these MAGAs!

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Richard Sutherland's avatar

True, and the search for a new "D.C. Stephenson" by Rupert Murdoch is on-going. He is apparently dumping DeSantis. @Advocacy reports just now: Rupert Murdoch set to bail on Ron DeSantis, reportedly eyeing new puppet to fight Trump

The Fox News founder has reportedly soured on the real-life Disney villain's floundering presidential campaign and has privately told people his new campaign crush is Virginia Gov. Greg Youngkin. Different right-wing fearmonger, same book-banning, queer-shaming, race-baiting bullshit.

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Christy's avatar

Detrimental effects of worshipping false Gods like money and power. Trading one addiction for another to avoid brutal reality in a dog eat dog world

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