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11. People want Democrats to be like TV show characters with perfect dialog and delivery, why they get so mad

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Mon Feb 9, 2026, 01:37 PM

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at them for being regular humans. Also the tendency to assume conspiracy theories, complicity and bad intentions.

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Thank you. niyad Monday #3

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You are most welcome. Satire is one thing, fake news is deplorable. niyad Monday #4

Would be nice if, as the community we long to be, Arthur_Frain Monday #41

I don't really think a separate forum is necessary, just a healthy niyad Monday #44

mom said this ," be careful of what you read, see. and or hear. AllaN01Bear Monday #23

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That one and its variants crack me up! niyad Monday #36

I thought it sounded too dramatic to be true mcar Monday #5

That, and the fact that there was no video, just for starters. niyad Monday #6

Yeah, when have cable tv talking heads ever been at a loss for words? sop Monday #9

A most excellent point!!! niyad Monday #14

Yep, still up even after being asked by the admins to delete it MagickMuffin Monday #7

From what I gather from several responses in that thread, this was not niyad Monday #12

"It would have been a thing of beauty, had it been real." Which is why people fall for these things. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #8

Call me cynical. .the better something appears, especially in these insane niyad Monday #10

People want Democrats to be like TV show characters with perfect dialog and delivery, why they get so mad betsuni Monday #11

I do not understand what your post has to do with a fake news post. niyad Monday #13

It turned a Democrat into a fictional character. Fiction is not real, fake. OP is about fake news. betsuni Monday #15

sighhhhnh niyad Monday #17

They also too often expect the media to fulfill a fantasy role. Maru Kitteh Monday #18

Absolutely! betsuni Monday #20

Well, and it's not really their job to tell us what they think or worse yet, what Maru Kitteh Monday #31

I didn't even click on that one but thanks for pointing out fakery. I've told Mr. Maru, Maru Kitteh Monday #16

Being quite cynical, that is pretty much the way I try to do things. niyad Monday #19

I guess it's kind of always been true, right? It's just things are faster now Maru Kitteh Monday #21

You are quite correct. On the flip side, being able to find out the fakes niyad Monday #22

mom said this ," be careful of what you read, see and or hear. AllaN01Bear Monday #24

So very true! niyad Monday #40

Thanks niyad nt💗 Hope22 Monday #25

You are most welcome. niyad Monday #39

Thank you for the fact check. I looked and couldn't find it surfered Monday #26

It wasn't me. .other DU'ers found out very quickly, and kept posting niyad Monday #32

It's hard to absolutely prove a fake, except lacking proof that it exists. surfered Monday #34

Ad do I !!! niyad Monday #35

It's been self-deleted. At long last /nt progree Monday #27

Finally!!! niyad Monday #29

And thank you very much for the persistent pressure on that person in that thread /nt progree Monday #45

You are most welcome. A number of people in that thread tried. niyad Monday #46

Thanks orangecrush Monday #28

You are most welcome. Thank goodness we have so many alert, niyad Monday #30

Ha! Conjuay Monday #37

Now how could I possibly say that??? My beautiful Silver Girl would be niyad Monday #38

😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 a kennedy Monday #42

I think most people did. The fake good ole boy definitely needs niyad Monday #43