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Anti-Trump Scholar: ‘Nearly Impossible’ to ‘Deprogram’ Millions of Trump Supporters
Breitbart ^ | January 26 2021 | JOSHUA KLEIN

Posted on 01/26/2021 11:26:18 PM PST by knighthawk

On Monday, the Washington Post published an op-ed by columnist Brian Klaas whereby he expresses the near futility of attempting to “deprogram” millions of Trump supporters, claiming that many have “gone far enough down the rabbit hole of conspiratorial thinking.”

The essay, titled “‘Why is it so hard to deprogram Trumpian conspiracy theorists?” depicts millions of Trump supporters as so devoted to “dangerous lunacy” that nearly all hope is lost of bringing them “back to reality.”

Referring to President Trump as “a conspiracy theorist in chief” who “injected the toxin of baseless conspiratorial thinking straight into America’s political bloodstream,” the essay claims that while only hundreds stormed the Capitol, “there are millions of Americans who share their views.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bideneffect; brianklaas; deprogram; trump; wapo
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1 posted on 01/26/2021 11:26:18 PM PST by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Me think the FBI witch hunt might help reprogram some more into Trump supporters. Then again, society is so segmented and not unified, not organized in this.

Deprogramming a schizophrenic would be an interesting exercise, though...


2 posted on 01/26/2021 11:30:08 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: knighthawk
I think this is something like what these a-holes have in mind.


3 posted on 01/26/2021 11:33:48 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: knighthawk

Is it possible to deprogram leftist zombies? Asking for a nation.


4 posted on 01/26/2021 11:36:52 PM PST by TigersEye (Everyone knows)
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To: knighthawk

Because the right does not agree with this moron he believes they all need to be reprogrammed.

I’m sure there are some on the right who believe that because this arrogant A-hole does not agree with them he needs to be shot.

There is nothing like equality on any subject.


5 posted on 01/26/2021 11:46:13 PM PST by oldenuff35
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To: knighthawk

All deepstate politicians and Biden voters are the ones who need to be deprogramed.
They are brainless followers of the CCP paid off regime that now occupies the Whitehouse through unconstitutional means.


6 posted on 01/26/2021 11:46:30 PM PST by doc maverick (The )
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To: All

I’ll take a stab at being asshat of the day, said the professor, and he certainly won that privilege.


7 posted on 01/26/2021 11:50:33 PM PST by Peter ODonnell (Pray for health, economic recovery, and justice.)
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To: knighthawk

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8 posted on 01/26/2021 11:51:46 PM PST by Dick Bachert (THE DEEP STATE HATES US! IT DETESTS TRUMP!!)
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To: oldenuff35

It’s not because he ‘doesn’t agree with me’, it’s because this creep doesn’t believe I’m entitled to my own opinion.

If we, collectively, weren’t armed to the teeth, I have little doubt they’d be more aggressive and demanding.


9 posted on 01/26/2021 11:54:51 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: JudgemAll

Well there are some really weird and wired individuals that are Trump supporters - that can’t be denied. Even Trump acknowledged that. Not sure how many are organized or not. But they do tend to show up at protests.


10 posted on 01/26/2021 11:58:18 PM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: knighthawk

What they fear is that it’s more likely people under their spell come out if it.

Because what he calls brainwashed beliefs are generally true.

These academic types are the worst in credulity and naïveté and actively keeping any real information from reaching them. Close minded thinking they are the most open minded.


11 posted on 01/26/2021 11:58:21 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: knighthawk

Dangerous lunacy? Isn’t that precisely CNN and MSNBC’s stock in trade?

Leftists are always projecting. Always.


12 posted on 01/26/2021 11:59:29 PM PST by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: knighthawk

After 4 years of Russia delusion, Ukraine conspiracy, etc. this guy says WE need to be programmed?!


13 posted on 01/27/2021 12:13:02 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: knighthawk

True


14 posted on 01/27/2021 12:17:01 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: knighthawk
What they had hoped would not happen has already happened.

We know about them.

There is no turning back from our knowledge of them.

They can do nothing.

15 posted on 01/27/2021 12:18:57 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys )
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Their language is very #d up.


16 posted on 01/27/2021 12:28:00 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: knighthawk

Why was Biden DENIED a Military Plane to bring him to DC?

Why was the typical song played for the arrival of POTUS not played for Biden during his inauguration?

Why wasn’t Biden rendered a 21 gun salute as customary for an incoming president? You know, like Trump received the same day Jan 20th?

Why was Biden’s inauguration streamed as live in Spain 10 hours before the schedule time?

Why did Biden remove his hand from a fake bible before his oath was finished?

Why did Biden get sworn in after the “Super Spreader” which is NOT Constitutional?

Why did the Military turn their back to Biden as he drove by them rather than face and salute which is an absolute requirement for Military members?

Why doesn’t Biden have the Military launch codes near him? You know like the ones pictured near Trump in Florida?

Why is the Pentagon blocking access for members of the Biden regime?


17 posted on 01/27/2021 12:28:16 AM PST by afchief
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To: Slyfox

Yup, the Left showed its hand.


18 posted on 01/27/2021 12:29:16 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: GreyHoundSailor

“If we, collectively, weren’t armed to the teeth, I have little doubt they’d be more aggressive and demanding.”

Me armed? I used to be but I had a very bad boating accident, twice.

I just bought one new bolt action chassis rifle and am in the process of building two more. I’m afraid to take them out in the boat with me.


19 posted on 01/27/2021 12:33:07 AM PST by oldenuff35
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To: knighthawk

The Walking Dead wonder how they might deprogram the life and souls out of Trump supporters. Their communist comrades tried to do the same thing with the brutal Pitesti experiments.


20 posted on 01/27/2021 12:40:20 AM PST by spirited irish ( )
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