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The majority of my maternal family is comprised of devout Christians with strong ties to the military and an unconcealed disdain for Muslims and other minority religious groups in the United States. Instead of questioning authority, they defer to it under the belief that it is patriotic, especially during wartime. Basically, there is a cringe inducing lack of critical thought.
I regularly receive anti-Muslim propaganda forwarded by members of my family. They are unable to rationally separate fact from fiction and vote based on gut instinct, an instinct which is propelled by political vitriol and outright lies, formed out of xenophobic suspicion.
It is truly saddening that some individuals are incapable of independent thought, accepting blatant propaganda as truth without so much as a minute of effort taken towards researching the facts. I am appalled at the intellectual state of this nation. It is in seemingly perpetual vegetation.
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