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We have all been manipulated to some degree

The Contrarian responds to an article in the New York Times


Who Mr Hurd, might I ask, are you being manipulated by with your opinions which I would submit are no more than theories? Respected positions you may have held, which may give weight to your views, but for those on the other side of the aisle, such postiions could be regarded as an impediment that has blinkered or 'manipulated' you. Your analysis is either off the cuff or deeply considered depending on your reader and they in turn, I would submit, are being manipulated. Every one is manipulated to some degree otherwise we would all be tabula rasa, sine die. Reflect on the manipulation in your piece.'Trump. Manipulation, Putin' screams out the headline that has enough incendiary kerosene in it to ignite more wildfires across the breakfast tables of American. There is an ongoing Inquisition (the Mueller probe) in the US since the Clinton dynasty was snuffed out and the secular priests who are urging it will not be satisfied until they gloat by the pyre and watch the architect of their defeat, that heretic Trump, burn ingloriously in an auto-da-fé. As to Putin it is good to have an opponent, an adversary, it fuels your anger, it keep one focused, gives one a raison d'être. I was 'manipulated' into that view when I was a professional sports person, duh.

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