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posted ago by pharmacyman848 ago by pharmacyman848 +3204 / -0

Sometimes I’ll just be like ‘you’re not a high school social studies teacher, you don’t need a works cited page. Either believe it or not.’ Other times I’ll point out their pattern of behavior and argument strategy before they even get to the final stage, where they say since it didn’t come from a reputable source it doesn’t count. They don’t seem to grasp all of their beliefs are being influenced by propaganda sources so of course any real news will seem strange to them. They’re interesting creatures.

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MustBeTrump 6 points ago +6 / -0

Just made a very similar comment to this lol, I'd love more discussion on this because it's scary how true it is.

My own mother has come at me with these scripted predictable responses that contradict everything she knows about certain topics (islam, Trump, etc.), it can't just be media articles right??

This has been a thing way before social media too, biggest example would be people responding to any criticism of Islam with "Not all muslims are terrorists".