I think I understand the idol worship from the deplorables and I understand the Useful Idiot theory from those who simply want power, but I have a hard time reconciling otherwise intelligent and informed people who appear to genuinely like Trump. It’s all got to be an act, right?
I mean everyone can see that he’s a morally depraved, addled tyrant who is a perpetual failure, right?
Just look at the things Tucker Carlson said off the record. He’s just a meal ticket.
This is a really good question. It is very hard to understand how intelligent people do not see through this bullshitter. Think that they actually do, but that their distain for "libs" is so profound that they overlook everything in their zeal to demolish the progressive agenda which they believe is destroying the country.
Not entirely sure about that. Feel like progressives are pretty hard on Biden considering his record of accomplishment. But certainly he will accomplish more if given majorities in both houses of congress.
@mastodonmigration Point being, that even the left can ignore uncomfortable truths for what they perceive as the greater good. I’m furious about our support of Israel but I’m not going to choose Hitler in response. It doesn’t make any sense.
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Yeah, a lot of things people believe depend more on how motivated they are to believe them than on any evidence. So the issue tends to be figuring out how to get through the mental defenses they've created to allow themselves to keep believing the thing.
And I think the longer they believe it when all evidence points to the contrary, the more intense the defense becomes. Especially if it's something where realizing they were wrong would have consequences.
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