re: #21 A Cranky One

I worked in a very Republican area and had coworkers who were very intelligent but got their information from Fox and who denied facts when they were presented. A very distressing situation.

One of them kept repeating that covid was no worse than the flu, even after several of his neighbors died of Covid.

I’m stunned that so many smart folks have been so easily mislead.

Anyone can be brainwashed — you are conditioned to believe a set of “facts” and reject any information that contradicts your beliefs or you filter the information in a way that conforms to your truths. Being brilliant in a technical area says nothing about understanding human relationships or history or reality. A person can also be inherently racist or a religious fundamentalist and seek out news sources that support those convictions.

When someone tells me that Biden received only 70 million votes, he truly believes that the additional 11 million votes were cast by illegals or somehow manufactured by some technical voodoo. They mock me for believing that Biden was capable of receiving 81 million votes. How can one ever awaken someone who believes that Trump is a wealthy successful businessman who tells the truth?