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KTonCapeCod's avatar

I think an interesting experiment would be to have the information delivered by the voice of the opposite person and see if what you hear differs? Obviously we would have to find a topic that say Trump could say "Biden-like" opinions on...or things Biden could say in "Trump-lile" opinions. It's like if the person speaking is unpalatable, your brain clicks I to this space of I hate this. Versus if the guy you like is on...boom, you click to I agree with what he is about to say. I think that is part of what you are saying. But I wonder if we could deliver the information from the other side would you just blindly agree (not you in particular, anyone really)? I sometimes wonder on polarizing topics, could we get Biden to stand up there and speak Ron DeSantis' words about transgenderism and people would agree? Or if Trump started saying the border is fine or we will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, would that be agreeable?

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David Roberts's avatar

Understood. And there are good points on both sides.

But in my opinion, I don't think Russia will ever attack a NATO member. This war is about Russia preventing Ukraine from becoming part of NATO.

That said, Russia is 100% to blame for the war.

The relevant question now is what should US policy be going forward. And people can and should debate that.

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