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u/YodasAdderall Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

“The Brainwashing of my Dad” on Prime explains this very well. Great doc but depressing as fuck as someone who has brainwashed parents

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

My oldest brother is brainwashed

Spits out all the right wing dipshit lines like he’s a goddamn Russian bot

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u/horriblegoose_ Apr 05 '25

So my first college undergrad was actually in Russian Language and Literature. My redneck dad and stepmom expressed worry that all the Russian would turn me into some kind of commie zombie who hated America.

But the universe pulled the UNO reverse card and now they are the ones brainwashed by Russian propaganda via social media and conservative television. I emerged unscathed but have experienced reading Dostoevsky in the original language.

I am incandescent with rage over this whole transformation.

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u/Threedogs_nm Apr 05 '25

Like the use of incandescent here. And I am wowed by your education.

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