The truth that is taboo for Trump supporters and conservatives to hear?

[MountCleaners]

58. They never learned critical thinking

I went through twelve years of Catholic schooling and never learned anything about the Enlightenment. I imagine that it's the same in a lot of schools. I learned all of that from my mother. When I was little, we used to travel around the eastern part of the US and learned American history. My mother taught me that the Enlightenment was about thinking for yourself and not letting emotions determine your political beliefs.

Of course, Nixon was president then and my mom had to explain why a bad man was in office. There was also Vietnam, and my parents had to explain that.

I'm not inclined to "give them a chance" because I remember playing at other kids' houses when I was a kid and some kids and their parents said the most racist stuff. Now they're on FB and they're Republicans. And I'm reading their crap and thinking, "I know your secret. I remember when you didn't want black kids at your school. I remember the eighties when you or your parents complained about welfare recipients."

Of the few Republicans I know, one also follows Alex Jones and thinks 9/11 was an "inside job" and that fluoride in our water is poisoning us. How am I supposed to give these people the benefit of the doubt?