>>>>>>>>Having said that, he's benefitting from an immunotherapy drug, Keytruda, which was developed in Israel... Carter is a strong anti-Israel activist - he supports boycotts, divestments, and sanctions against Israel and has even called Israel an apartheid-like state. So he is essentially lobbying aggressively against the very country whose medical technology is improving his life.
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>>>>>>Sorry to rain on the parade- but Keytruda was not developed in Israel. Originally it was invented by 3 boffins at Organon in Walter's homeland of the Netherlands, then Organon was bought by Shering-Plough in California, then the drug was humanized by Merck, and then Schering-Plough was bought by (merged into) Merck with headquarters in New Jersey. There were clinical trials done in Israel, but in other places too.
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>>>>>Don't let reality spoil a good - well lame actually - story.
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>>>>Don't let the facts get in the way of one's propaganda bias.
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>>>Agree, since that would effectively stop most political discussions.
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>>If only we could be so lucky :)
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>The most disturbing part is that quite a lot of people actually believe everything they hear or read. And is something false is written with war type letters on the front page of a newspaper, the denial comes in small print on page umptythree between the classified ads two weeks later.

I think most people are already bent towards a certain view point first (as children/young adults) and then believe everything they read that supports that already established viewpoint. Everything counter to the pre-existing bias is dismissed. Even the most bizarre claims are believed provided they support the bias.