I think what we are seeing in a microcosm here on FR is what is being discussed in rogue thought circles as mass formation psychosis.
we have a relatively small population of posters, most of us have been around decades, yet between this and the entire covid/vaccine business, viewpoints have split to almost diametrically opposed positions and most of these threads devolve into name-calling. An ignore feature has never been more sorely needed, not even in the height of the HG drama years.
I don’t see how an ‘honest’ poll could be done, but I would be interested in seeing the correlation (if any) between vaccine ‘belief/trust’ and posture on this war.
“I don’t see how an ‘honest’ poll could be done, but I would be interested in seeing the correlation (if any) between vaccine ‘belief/trust’ and posture on this war.”
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Yes, 100% I agree will all you said.
Certainly there are nefarious groups pushing for war, but the Freepers who are listening to them are sleep walking, as you said.
You, would be wrong. Putlims are a mix of 'jab-me-now-daddy' and 'pure bloods'.
The only ad hoc corollary to be venn'd to date is that bulk-of-the-herd Putlims are drawn from the same small group that sh!t up the Religion Forum into quiesence/uselessness. Quelle surprise.
Also (no surprise) among Putlims, there are a fair share of Tedlims: those who were purged in early 2016, and quickly signed back on with new names, and some who capitulated and got with the program -- both groups waiting for a revenge oppo to sh!t up this site again, without understanding that hardcore pro-Trump members of this site have been waiting to pogrom them again!
Certainly, Putlim strategery is identical to the failed strategery of the Tedlims: organize off-site on FB, Discord, and their c!rcle jer& fringe sites (just a quick glance at the Putlim noob on this very thread, so attached to his meme game, reveals one updated-for-2022 troll source: 'Reddit is the new /pol/', L.O.F.L.); IMs; ping lists; Freepmail; sockpuppetry through new sign-ups and reactivated zombie accounts; a vapid, lame approach to Delta technique and nearly all of the logical fallacies; and just some downright dumb hangers-on that revel in their perpetual self-victimization of repeating the last thing the last person that was willing to tolerate their discourse told them.
What changed everything in 2016 was when the Tedlims started attacking the Admins, and then the owners -- and I see one Putlim has struck that wet match earlier today.
Fair warning: research into any Putlim's debauched, barely-functioning, but yugely-revolting cognition, is the equivalent of mucking the stalls at the Moscow Hippodrome. Same Soviet Sh!t, Different Soviet Day. You can smell the cheap daydrinking vodka on their breath.