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William Bennett's avatar

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" --Voltaire.

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Good one, Eric. PizzaGate was a turning point, for sure. Incrementally, though, this nonsense had been gaining steam for a while (Palin rallies? Birtherism? Alex Jones stuff). Then Trump came along and let the crazies out of the asylum, and of course the media has helped normalize the madness/racism - "Dems are not speaking to the (white) working class!" and "Trump has really tapped into something here!" Hopefully, the apex of this madness will be over the next 60-90 days, then it will start to simmer down once Trump fades away? Probably not. Media is addicted to Trump and will follow every future tweet.

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