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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never has and never will be. Thomas Jefferson - a flawed man who wrote great things like this but couldn't understand how and why slavery was wrong.
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JDWolverton's Profile
Location: Florida
Groups: Pro Choice, Healthcare Reform - We've Only Just Begun, DKos Florida, Florida Georgia Line Kossacks, DK Fans of 90 for 90
Hobbies: paint/draw
Diaries published: 505 (48 days since last diary on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 12:48 PM PST)
Comments posted: 5127 (9 days since last comment on Thu Apr 11, 2024 at 10:48 AM PDT)
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Comment frequency: frequent
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Most Recommended Diary: What I Didn't See At First About The MD School Teacher/Sci-Fi Writer , 215 comments, 450 recommends
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We all know why people believe lies. We have always known the reason. We rationalize our way into believing what it is that we want to believe. Sometimes that’s ok, a lot of times, it’s not. The buffers to prevent us from falling for tall tales,...
by JDWolverton
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on Sun Mar 03, 2024 at 12:48 PM PST
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect is frequently the meme used in social media to shame people. The D-K effect in snark, can be translated like this: The least competent people are the most proud of their knowledge or ability. Confidence in a subject is...
by JDWolverton
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on Sun Oct 01, 2023 at 08:59 AM PDT
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Have you ever wondered why people refer to TFG as Trump, but those same people tend to say Hillary when they speak of Hillary Rodham Clinton? Ever wonder why calling a man a douchbag is particularly insulting? Maybe calling a man a tool, jerk, dick or...
by JDWolverton
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on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 01:29 PM PDT
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Abortion lies are prolific and spread ubiquitously by the anti-abortion advocates. So much so, that media outlets repeat this information without doing fact checks, which continues to spread abortion lies. Yes, I’m talking to you, Morning Joe, Fox...
by JDWolverton
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on Sun Sep 10, 2023 at 01:23 PM PDT
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Indoctrination was and is the mainstay of America. It’s been this way from the beginning. What’s happening today is that our society as a whole, is shifting, kicking and screaming the whole way toward a more perfect union. When TFG and any right winger...
by JDWolverton
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on Sat Jul 22, 2023 at 01:14 PM PDT
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If you wanted to win a game of Trivial Pursuit you would want both my Dad, my Cousin Bob and me on your team. Dad had sports and sit-coms down pat. I had politics, history and a hodge podge of useless factoids across the spectrum. Cousin Bob was a...
by JDWolverton
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on Sat Jun 17, 2023 at 11:57 AM PDT
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