Griffin added more details to her initial post, writing, “A senior US official tells me that it was a US military strike on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas moments ago but added this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire.”

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[–] [S] 134 points 4 months ago (27 children)

Not a restarting of the war? LMAO this administration thinks we are STUPID.

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  • [–] 41 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    The most significant issue with an idiot is that they will always assume that everyone around them is less intelligent than they are.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Well, a large percentage of the US is stupid.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Most Americans can't read at a 12th grade level.

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    Yeah but we're talking about America where education through the 12th grade is compulsory. By virtue of passing every American with a high school education should be capable of analyzing and consuming media at a pre-collegiate level. More than half can't do it at even a sixth grade level. Half of Americans are functionally illiterate. Just look at any reddit thread or any America centric fediverse thread.

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  • [+] 16 points 4 months ago (5 children)
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    Please, stop assuming every US citizen voted for Trump. A lot of them didn't, and you most likely have no idea whether the person you replied to is one of them.

    These kind of comments are becoming tiresome and doesn't help anyone; and they certainly doesn't bring anything to the discussion.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    It thinks Republicans are. Because passivity from the Republicans in the Senate is all he needs to keep the war going. I certainly have no faith in the military to reject unlawful orders themselves.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Basic article, but news snippets & headlines (sans article reading) can work the same way. As one example, we are now seeing pregnant women shun Tylenol, not for anything specific they remember, just a vague “I heard it could be bad for the baby.”

    MAGA knows what they say in brief sound bites, on repeat, can and will have similar impact.

    Not on all. But they don’t need all. They just need enough absorbing the info in this way to keep us divided and forever following different information.

    https://health.clevelandclinic.org/mandela-effect

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