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34. Well it's true!

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 08:28 AM

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"Everybody knows...." This is really outrageous rhetoric [View all] PCIntern Yesterday OP

I taught just the opposite NJCher Yesterday #1

'You know' is the short form of - "You, know 'cause I don't" dave99 16 hrs ago #22

"Speech crutch" ... I like that 👍🏽 live love laugh 3 hrs ago #32

What ticks me off gab13by13 Yesterday #2

And ironically, oil spills and spewing smoke stacks are way uglier than wind turbines. SidneyR Yesterday #5

"Evidence?" is the necessary immediate response. It's what set Trump ablaze 🔥 live love laugh 3 hrs ago #33

Inevitably, the person who says "Everybody says..." actually saw it as a meme on their cellphone FakeNoose Yesterday #3

Oh yes, that is a classic con trick PatSeg Yesterday #4

Everybody knows elected republicOns only care about the richest 1%. KS Toronado Yesterday #6

Well it's true! live love laugh 3 hrs ago #34

Many people are saying... ToxMarz Yesterday #7

Love this one.. Permanut 18 hrs ago #17

But how many of those people are even worth listening to? calimary 16 hrs ago #21

Everybody knows that Republicans are pedophiles RainCaster Yesterday #8

When my students said 'everyone knows', I would answer 'everyone in the known universe?' cbabe Yesterday #9

Proof? Evidence? All you have to do is look. Harker Yesterday #10

I'll take How to Propaganda for $1000 Alex. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #11

If you precede a statement with the phrase "everybody knows" then it is highly unlikely the statement Martin68 Yesterday #12

Everyone knows...... SergeStorms Yesterday #13

Your final sentence is intentionally ironic, no? Because yes, EVERYBODY DOES KNOW . ColoringFool Yesterday #14

Yes of course PCIntern Yesterday #15

That it should be the reply every time they say, everybody knows ,these people are Nazis MacKasey 13 hrs ago #28

The classic bandwagon fallacy SouthBayDem 23 hrs ago #16

Wanna know what everybody knows? "Everybody Knows, ' by Leonard Cohen. 3Hotdogs 17 hrs ago #18

Everybody knows . . . Aussie105 17 hrs ago #19

Yes, it's like an immune response. Usually it's for the right reasons, and produces the right results. nt eppur_se_muova 8 hrs ago #31

"Everybody knows Todd Blanche is very honest"... kentuck 17 hrs ago #20

Just once when trump or someone like him Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #23

Everyone knows Trumpanzees swallow horseshit like it's chocolate JHB 14 hrs ago #24

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 PCIntern 14 hrs ago #26

Republicans love, love, LOVE to do this. Mike Johnson just fucking said it about the so-called "rigged" elections in CA Karasu 14 hrs ago #25

Leonard Cohen had something to say about "Everybody Knows" thucythucy 14 hrs ago #27

"EVERYBODY KNOWS" that Republicans want everyone who might vote against them, to be Jack Valentino 12 hrs ago #29

Trmp has a very small bag full of these cliches. That one that craps me off the most is "Believe me !". eppur_se_muova 8 hrs ago #30