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Initech

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11. Because they've been brainwashed by propaganda for 45 years.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:32 PM

21 hrs ago

Whether it was Jimmy Swaggart, Rush Limbaugh, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Infowars, Charlie Kirk, Andrew Tate, the list goes on.

The worst part is that people voluntarily choose to consume this garbage. It's total brain rot.

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I'm so sick of Republicans. [View all] milestogo 23 hrs ago OP

I've hated them since 1960 young_at_heart 22 hrs ago #1

Nixon was a self-loathing, slimy piece of crap.... SergeStorms 20 hrs ago #13

I was just a child, but I remember my father saying that milestogo 19 hrs ago #17

Go look up the "Checkers" speech that Nixon did.......... Bengus81 3 hrs ago #29

Isn't that the dog he picked up by the ears? milestogo 2 hrs ago #31

Funny how all of those I ran with right during after HS in 1971 and facing the draft lottery were Bengus81 2 hrs ago #30

LOL. I think my hatred for them started in 1968! BigDemVoter 1 hr ago #33

I'm right there with you Grim Chieftain 22 hrs ago #2

There is no longer a Republican party -- it's the Rethuglican party now. OMGWTF 21 hrs ago #3

The GOP MW67 4 hrs ago #28

They should remove all doubt and call themselves the Ku Klux Klan. The Wizard 1 hr ago #34

Jealousy, greed, hatred, racism and misogyny. pfitz59 21 hrs ago #4

I agree, but don't forget stupidity. Hard to believe, but there are actually some Trump voters who even we would call Fil1957 21 hrs ago #8

+1 peppertree 20 hrs ago #14

Nice pull BaronChocula 12 hrs ago #24

Why, thank you. peppertree 1 hr ago #32

When I was just a kid I had a friend who lived with his grandmother. She had a boyfriend who was quite a character Cheezoholic 21 hrs ago #5

I am old enough to know they were clowns back in the 90s Cosmocat 21 hrs ago #6

the republican party is the party of STUPID!!! Jvp 34 min ago #36

I absolutely feel the same! BadgerMom 21 hrs ago #7

Pretty much Johonny 21 hrs ago #9

My favorite republican was (and still is) my late Uncle John. ihaveaquestion 21 hrs ago #10

Because they've been brainwashed by propaganda for 45 years. Initech 21 hrs ago #11

Cruelty and/or ignorance MaineBlueBear 21 hrs ago #12

Conservatism Artimus1 20 hrs ago #15

Yup. I'm 77 and my Dad was a "pull yourself up by the bootstraps' Republican... Joinfortmill 20 hrs ago #16

You remind me of one of my dad's favorite sayings. calimary 7 hrs ago #27

And literally all of the problems that Trump gripes about were the direct result of Murdoch republicans. Initech 17 hrs ago #18

This post made this song go through my mind... BigmanPigman 16 hrs ago #19

Same. Blue_playwright 15 hrs ago #20

Amen. hamsterjill 14 hrs ago #21

The entire world is sick of Republicans. And sick FROM Republicans. thought crime 14 hrs ago #22

Ignorance, hatred, and greed, for starters. niyad 12 hrs ago #23

Most Republicans I have met have been decent jfz9580m 12 hrs ago #25

I have them in my family! One has a Charlie Kirk tattoo! Another wears a Charlie Kirk t-shirt! They believe all the Doodley 11 hrs ago #26

Their hte for Dems/Libs Hotler 44 min ago #35