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applegrove

(128,022 posts) Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:12 PM Thursday

People are getting dumber because of Putin. [View all]

Support for vaccinating kids against infectious diseases dropped from 81% in 1991 to 51% last year

We are getting dumber as a society
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-04T14:05:40.881Z

Applegrove:

* Putin put vaccine quackery front and center on the right wing

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People are getting dumber because of Putin. [View all] applegrove Thursday OP

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 50s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people st Norrrm Thursday #1

I'm inclined not to believe that number. harumph Thursday #2

Remember that there is a group on the left who don't trust vaccines. applegrove Thursday #3

People are making themselves dumber. RockRaven Thursday #4

Anti vaccine bs has existed before Putin and seemed to be more common on the left JI7 Thursday #5

But Putin made it a wedge/freedom issue on the right. applegrove Thursday #6

Putin took advantage of the ignorance and hatred that already existed on the right wing JI7 Thursday #7