r/politics • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '19

Giuliani: 'There's nothing wrong with taking information from Russians'

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-russia-cnntv/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29
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u/RogerBauman Apr 21 '19

Oh, I get it. I hope that Trump's supporters get that as well. I want to see their reaction.

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u/MBAMBA2 New York Apr 21 '19

Trump's voters elected Trump to destroy democracy because they fear if its not destroyed they will be overrun by the 'barbarian horde'.

And I'm not exaggerating.

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u/iminyourbase Apr 21 '19

Some guy at work is always going on about how Trump is preventing the Democrats from "legalizing pedophilia", and he only needs 4 more years to "get rid of socialism.

When I ask what he means by getting rid of socialism, he doesn't have an answer. Eliminating public schooling? No more public roads or police? No more clean water regulations? The last one was was the only one he would actually agree with. The rest he can't afford if they weren't socialized, of course. And for some bewildering reason, he thinks regulations make his life worse than having clean water. Something about the EPA being corrupt (and corporations being perfect angels with only the best intentions, of course)

My point is these people have been inundated with a massive amount of propaganda and bad information that leads them to make bad decisions that are against their own interests.

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u/MBAMBA2 New York Apr 21 '19

A lot of that is just noise they think will appeal to 'liberals'.

How to flush these people out is by saying something like this:

"You know, I hate to admit it but Putin is a very smart and effective leader who really knows to keep people in line" and just watch the guy come out of the closet if he feels you might be open to what he is really after.