For all the talk about “hard truths” etc that propagate our discourse we really don’t discuss how coddling conspiracy theorists has made things worse for everyone.
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Michael Hobbes
40% of Republicans say the COVID-19 vaccine has probably or definitely killed more people than the COVID-19 virus.
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Reality TV has convinced too many people that those shows (& anything displayed on a screen) is real.
not talking honestly and distinctly about observable and demonstrable truths is what allows fascist fantasists to gain a foothold.
What you are seeing isn't stupidity, its the narcissism.
I remember even seeing the doublethink on the WH website: the COVID vaccine is dangerous and also Trump saved millions with the COVID vaccine. insane.
They watched their friends and neighbors die in droves to COVID. This, they do not believe.
They've never met anyone who was sickened by the vaccine. This, they believe fervently.
Been saying it for decades. It's incredibly effective.
People will look you straight in the eye and insist that a “Smiley Face Killer” is real, that children are being trafficked via Wayfair furniture, that sasquatches are behind “Missing 411” cases, etc.
And almost none of them have been told “That’s the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard.”