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Stephen Colbert thinks we should frack children’s brains

Sure, fracking companies could impose gag orders on children, but that won't change their thoughts. We need to drill into their brains for that.

Stephen Colbert has a little background for you on fracking companies and the gag orders they’re imposing on children as young as seven.

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“We need some way to change what they think. Maybe … I don’t know, maybe drill into their skulls and inject new thoughts into their brains under extreme economic pressure, to shatter those old thoughts and extract positive messages about fracking.”

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