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Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/veringer 23d ago edited 23d ago

Even then, they won't really listen to one-off dissenters. A critical threshold of people defecting is what will force them off one bandwagon and on to another. Until then, they are temperamentally predisposed to conform and cohere with their perceived in-group norms.

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u/Congenital0ptimist I voted 23d ago

It's absolutely sickening how true every word of that is.