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Re:Elite colleges are making it easy for conservatives to di... by ConceptJunkie on Thursday November 30, 2017 @01:28PM (#15818163)
> +As the American right-wing moves further right and further way from participating in consensus reality, it should be no surprise they are increasingly less welcome in spaces dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge.

The two clauses in this sentence are contradictory. You are claiming that conservatives are stupid because they reject the herd mentality.

Think about that.

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Re:Elite colleges are making it easy for conservatives to di... by mmierz on Thursday November 30, 2017 @01:34PM (#15818238)
Did you read the article in the post you're replying to? I don't think "herd mentality" is what the US far-right rejects.
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Re:Elite colleges are making it easy for conservatives to di... by ConceptJunkie on Thursday November 30, 2017 @02:37PM (#15818805)
Perhaps the right believes that the "consensus reality" which is just another word for what the herd thinks, is moving further and further from the truth. That kind of thing happens all the time.
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