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In reply to the discussion: How will you explain this period of American history to your grandchild/great-grandchild? [View all]

Chasstev365

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9. We allowed the Fox Propaganda Network to go unchecked and we weren't ready to handle social media
Reply to True Dough (Original post)
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:19 AM
May 23

Lies took hold and people voted for politicians and things that hurt them.

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How will you explain this period of American history to your grandchild/great-grandchild? [View all] True Dough May 23 OP
I won't pretend to understand it The Blue Flower May 23 #1
Evil people took over the country. dem4decades May 23 #2
Well, I probably won't have to, but I would refer to it as our "Period of Intense Shame' hlthe2b May 23 #3
They are living it right along side us... MiHale May 23 #4
allow what to happen? rampartd May 23 #5
There have been many equally shameful periods of American history, we seem to have short memories. sop May 23 #6
The same way it continues to let it happen -- by refusing to dismantle the white supremacy this country is built on. WhiskeyGrinder May 23 #7
I have neither so I won't be faced with that problem, which is a good thing Ocelot II May 23 #8
We allowed the Fox Propaganda Network to go unchecked and we weren't ready to handle social media Chasstev365 May 23 #9
And some people are gullible, unfortunately, True Dough May 23 #10
In Chinese Renew Deal May 23 #11
Will our plutocracy be gone then? Mysterian May 23 #12
Our ancestors killed the Nazis abroad but we were too scared to send the modern domestic ones screaming down to hell. Efilroft Sul May 23 #13
Assuming things get better, I'll say, "It was a time of multiple, grand, society-wide psychoses." Intractable May 23 #14
They won't be learning anything in school gulliver May 23 #15
Are schools teaching about 2016 in History classes now? muriel_volestrangler May 23 #16
When I was in high school in the early '90s, True Dough May 23 #19
I didn't study anything under 30 years ago when I was at school muriel_volestrangler May 23 #20
America is an internal combustion engine burning corrupted gasoline. Midnight Writer May 23 #17
Because almost 40% of eligible voters stayed at home and even though they saw what was coming.... A HERETIC I AM May 23 #18
I'd try and explain it akin to the rise of Hitler sakabatou May 23 #21
Like the Inclosure Acts, there was a lot of common property that a few individuals fenced off meadowlander May 23 #22
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