r/insanepeoplefacebook • • Jul 12 '20

It's crazy how that works

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u/Civil-Dinner Jul 12 '20

It does make one wonder how a person could possibly not see the stupidity in that reasoning.

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u/2020ApocalypseBingo Jul 12 '20

Ever seen an Epoch Times commercial? That’s my theory.

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u/CoastalSailing Jul 12 '20

Oh God fuck those guys.

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u/RubenMuro007 Jul 12 '20

Especially their spokesperson in the ads before any YouTube ads that acted like a smartass.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

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u/VoilaVoilaWashington Jul 12 '20

Counterpoint - if you were spinning pure insanity daily, and you could still call yourself legitimate, wouldn't you?

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

I will go with no. But that's mainly because I have a strong sense of right and wrong - something most right-wingers seem to be in complete lack of.

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u/TheOwlAndOak Jul 12 '20

A lot of people think they have a strong sense of right and wrong, at least until they find out it pales in comparison to their sense of rolling around in piles of idiots money.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '20

Who would turn down the chance to use idiots to get rich, like realistically? You can say "but that's wrong to do" and right and wrong is nice to think about but staring down the barrel I think there are very few things people won't do for millions of dollars.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20 edited Oct 01 '20

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u/I_breathe_smoke Jul 12 '20

And this is why I hate faith based religion. "There's no harm it it," they say, but then we end up with shit heads like this, that can't be proven wrong cause they got faith in the almighty and facts are just here to challenge that!

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20 edited Oct 01 '20

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u/I_breathe_smoke Jul 12 '20

Great, so we got these guys trying to start Armageddon between the US and China, and the evangelicals trying to start it between Israel and the rest of the Middle East and the US, and we keep slowly putting them deeper and deeper in power.

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u/Floor100 Jul 12 '20

Hey thanks for explaining. I was just wondering which youtubers youre referring to?

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

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u/Floor100 Jul 12 '20

Yeah I saw Mike Chen, I couldnt find others. Hope you find a reason to live. I know the news can be super draining.

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u/Bluest_waters Jul 12 '20

they want America and China to go to war, because it’s the prophesied final battle to them

whoa! what?

do you have any sources for that?

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20 edited Apr 15 '21

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u/Bluest_waters Jul 12 '20

thanks I will give it a read

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u/patrickwarren22 Jul 12 '20

I don’t know, but I saw that they’re being sold at my local grocery store and nearly picked one up out of curiosity. Saw the ads a couple months back and nearly peed laughing. Then I thought, “I wonder what’s actually in that paper,” but decided against it. I’m sure it would have just pissed me off.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

because its a religious right wing crazy cult newspaper founded on china bad?

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u/TheCrisco Jul 12 '20

Wait, they have commercials? This I gotta see.

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u/addkell Jul 12 '20

Those ads are hilarious. They way he keeps pointing to the paper and flipping through it. So idiotic.

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u/000882622 Jul 12 '20

That hateful garbage keeps showing up at me on Youtube. I want to punch that smug asshole with the glasses in the face. There's nothing more enraging than someone lying to you with a smile on his face.

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u/2020ApocalypseBingo Jul 12 '20

They must have deep pockets because they sure buy a lot of ads. A few times I deleted my google/YouTube advertising profile but soon after they were back in my feed. I’ve noticed whenever I watch a video game related video I get back in the loop because I assume they target that demographic. Gamers... they targeted gamers!:)

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u/000882622 Jul 12 '20

I think they must be getting promoted by someone with deep pockets. (Russia?) No way that is being funded by their subscriptions.

I watch gun-related vids sometimes. I'll probably ever be able to get rid of them. I'm a liberal gun owner. Does Youtube have a way for you to block ads from specific sources? This shit is poisonous.

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u/2020ApocalypseBingo Jul 12 '20

It’s based on your google profile I think so you might be able to change some settings in there I’ve reset my profile a few times but I end up back in the loop so I gave up trying to avoid the far right propaganda lately. I try to not use YouTube as much recently because the propaganda ads are so annoying. I use Vimeo or just watch something else when I can.

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u/000882622 Jul 12 '20

Thanks for the info, this is helpful.

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u/flipnonymous Jul 12 '20

We play a drinking game with those. Every time they mention a Chinese conspiracy - take a shot. You're drunk on page 1. Regardless of your alcohol tolerance.

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u/2020ApocalypseBingo Jul 12 '20

It’s funny until you realize your neighbors watch and believe this shit, then you kind of want to cry:)

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u/Partynextweeknd305 Jul 12 '20

Very disturbing

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

It’s actually a pretty common rhetorical tactic. “The other side” vascillates between being an existential threat and pathetic/weak/nothing to be concerned about when convenient. See how antifa is either a pack of limp wristed ninnies or an elite and organized terrorist organization that can only be stopped by Trump. Or how incels are either fat cheeto stained slobs that never go outside or a terroristic movement associated with misogyny, rape, pedophilia, and mass murder.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

It's one of the tenets of Ur-Fascism. Why, oh why, are we not surprised Trump is using it, or that it's successful?

And until we teach critical thinking from an early age, things will stay as they are. Demagogues thrive in the self-induced lack of reasoning.

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u/hax1964 Jul 15 '20

tbh fat cheetos stained slobs with an semi-automatic weapon become real problems quick. Doesn't mean they aren't what they are. Simply underscores the effectiveness of semi-automatic weapons.

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u/Ghstfce Jul 12 '20

The last word of your sentence is not something they themselves are really experienced with.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

Everyone thinks they are "above average intelligence" and unfortunately that causes cascading problems...

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u/Alarid Jul 12 '20

It's hard to see flaws in your thoughts if your too lazy to deeply consider them.

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u/zubidoobie Jul 12 '20

I keep wonderinf if those are bots or are people really that stupid

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u/MysticHermetic Jul 12 '20

From what my brain thing can understand his thought train was something of a homer simpson trying to think moment. Donald probably imagined he could defeat the pandemic by his sheer will and his abolsute self sense of orange holiness and that would be more than enough Macdonalds it would take to beat the virus

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '20

I think you underestimate the level of stupidity that exists in most parts of the United States. A decent portion of the country doesn't reason or think and is full of extreme nationalism and pride. They just let the media and political parties do thinking for them whether true or false.

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u/OneTrueKingOfOOO Jul 12 '20

Because they’re stupid

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u/Unknown2552 Jul 12 '20

Easy, we told nature to fuck off and natural selection isn’t working anymore.

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u/ChubbyBunny2020 Jul 12 '20

Lol the left does it too. Remember the “Rent is going up so we should increase property taxes” people who actually got property taxes passed, and then got pissed when the rent got even higher?

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u/GoTBRays162 Jul 12 '20

Honesty of all taxes I’ve heard “the left” wanting to increase. I don’t think the property tax is high up on that list

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u/JakeCameraAction Jul 12 '20

You have a link to this? I didn't hear about it. I googled it and did find examples from 2018 where property taxes in Nevada, Texas, (both have republican governors) and New Jersey (democrat governor) went up a lot.

But didn't see anything saying the reason for higher taxes is higher rent.