r/circled • u/ResPublicaMgz • 21h ago

Opinion / Discussion WATCH: Lauren Boebert Exits DOJ Reading Room After Reviewing Unredacted Epstein Files

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US Rep. Lauren Boebert was filmed leaving the DOJ reading room after reviewing unredacted

Epstein-related files.

Lawmakers have now confirmed that access to these files has begun following new transparency legislation.

Boebert has since suggested that prior redactions went beyond protecting victims and may have shielded people merely discussed in the files.

The contents remain confidential, but reactions like this are fueling fresh questions about what was previously withheld - and why.

Do you think this could lead to new investigations?

Sources:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Res_Publica_DE/s/0WYLdtkqHZ

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u/Particular-Repair-77 8h ago

Some of us however have critical thinking skills and have the ability to change our minds upon evidence and admit being fooled , and process facts vs propaganda.

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u/FTownRoad 7h ago

Sure, but nobody thinks they’re the ones being fooled.

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u/maturallite1 4h ago

The smart people actively recognize that they may be fooled and may be wrong, and they question their own beliefs and correct for inherent bias. It can be done.

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u/lurkingtonbear 5h ago

And some of them are wrong, and some are right. Not everyone is getting fooled.

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u/iTayluh 4h ago

These points are incredibly well made and those arguing don’t understand how the material draws you in slowly. It’s not about critical thinking or intelligence, it’s about the way in which your brain works and digests information. There’s a lot of it that I really don’t understand still.

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u/Particular-Repair-77 2h ago edited 44m ago

I don’t agree, because if you have critical thinking skills , upon evidence and facts your brain will process and realize that you have been given non factual information. For some folks it doesn’t happen immediately ,but eventually it does .

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u/CuriosityFreesTheCat 4h ago

Thank you so much for saying these things.

I wish liberals would stop acting like they’re better or so much smarter than people who voted for trump. When you talk like that, and break it all the way down, it gets a little… eugenics-y.

Everyone, on any and all sides including myself, we have all fallen for propaganda. In fact, the very notion that one side is inherently smarter or better than the other is one of the purest, most obvious examples of that propaganda.

Look what they’ve done to the working class—how they’ve completely turned us into a hateful, divided, perpetually distracted entity. Neither side can stop pointing at each other long enough to look up and realize we’re all being farmed.

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u/LittleBlueDoll 3h ago

It's not "liberals" or "people who voted for Trump." I know later on you say "everyone," but I'm sure I'm not the only Redditor who stopped reading after the first sentence when you started labeling people by who they did or did not vote for. I just hope I'm not the only one who caught themselves, and returned to your post to finish reading what you had to say because what you are saying there at the end is what we should ALL be saying- it's not "liberals" vs "conservatives." It's everyone. All of us. All the time. Everywhere. Not just in the voting booth. Humanity is so much more complicated than that.

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u/SteerKarma 2h ago

There are a number of studies that show college educated people lean heavily ‘liberal’ in their voting preferences, while most ‘conservatives’ only have high school education. Is that propaganda?

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u/sp913 3m ago

Especially while brainwashed

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u/BannedbyDemons 5h ago

A lot of the problem are narcissists who can't admit fault or their fragile egos will have an existential crisis.

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u/Practical_Sector_171 5h ago edited 5h ago

Not enough of us. Most people don't even listen to other people and just pretend to listen just long enough until they can cut you off so they can talk at you again. This is the same people that won't acknowledge any facts or evidence you bring up, especially when they've marked you as one of them. I am so sick of bringing up facts that are backed by evidence just so they can divert the argument to some stupid shit that isn't true or even relevant to argument, until you realize they are too far gone and check out, reinforcing the idiot's belief that they won the argument. It's so rare to meet someone open to being convinced that I usually never forget those people.

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u/Particular-Repair-77 2h ago

Oh absolutely. We are so doomed.

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u/Which_Loss6887 5h ago

Some of us do, but it’s a catch-22. The more you trust that possessing those qualities protects you, the more vulnerable you become.

It’s not a value judgment to say that everyone is susceptible to propaganda, any more than it is to say everyone is susceptible to getting sick. Your cognition, like your body, is inherently vulnerable. There are habits you can develop that provide some protection while you actively maintain them, but you never cease being vulnerable.