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I had a conversation on politics w a stranger (he was living in the states from Hungary) about Trump.

He gets his news on
and believes Biden

is the criminal and I’m wondering how

justifies making money
as they help get the real criminal elected

The answer is

I know it’s and too.

How can we navigate
more successfully
the line between
lies and free speech
For worldwide?

@justiceLICSW

Years ago, I was visiting my parents, and thumbing idly through a ham radio book. I read out loud, "You might meet Jordan's King Hussein on the air."

My frail late mother, mind failing, heard just the name Hussein, tightly bitterly said,

"I don't like that man!"

The hashemite ruler?

No.

It was Obama's middle name she'd reacted to.

Years of poisonous talk radio into her ears, until the hate became instinctual in her mind, even as everything else faded.

works.

@murodegrizeco that’s heart breaking. I’m sorry. 😓

Muro deGrizeco :toad:

@justiceLICSW Thank you for your compassion. I believe many of us have similar stories of startled disappointment!

The clouding of minds is a strange and evil art, with many clever ways to lead people astray.

We must fight off those efforts.