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Fresh_Start

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30. People believe what validates their own interest and position

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Tue Oct 2, 2018, 11:28 AM

Oct 2018

In my opinion, Trump voters love his lies...even though they know he is lying.

Why? Because they can pretend to believe him and that allows them to support actions which without a valid excuse, they couldn't support.

Essentially they are participants in the lie...

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Why Do Republicans Believe Anything They're Told? [View all] MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

I love your posts Mineral Man.... redstatebluegirl Oct 2018 #1

Aww....Shucks... MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

I've been saying this for years... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #3

Yup. It's not a new idea. I just thought I'd say it again. MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

Absolutely... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #7

Well, I never stopped doing that. MineralMan Oct 2018 #9

Wtf wounded bear the earth isn't flat TEB Oct 2018 #10

Importance of real education (including history) being diminished for years by repugs; elleng Oct 2018 #5

Indoctrination from early childhood trumps education MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

You nailed it TEB Oct 2018 #12

IMHO because they *want* to believe Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #8

In many cases, that predisposition is a learned thing. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13

Yup Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #16

spot on MM. Kurt V. Oct 2018 #11

Thanks for the link! MineralMan Oct 2018 #14

It isn't just the evangelicals though Cosmocat Oct 2018 #15

"Lying" is their native tongue. CentralMass Oct 2018 #17

That, sure. But people in general believe that which is repeated NRaleighLiberal Oct 2018 #18

You are so right! FM123 Oct 2018 #23

It has nothing to do with religion... Xolodno Oct 2018 #19

Yep it's a whole basket full of crap not just religion imo lunasun Oct 2018 #32

And the sooner we accept the truth of that the sooner we can move on. lunatica Oct 2018 #20

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything meow2u3 Oct 2018 #21

There's also a long tradition of hare-em scare-em stories and urban legends JHB Oct 2018 #22

Just plain gullible and dumb. democratisphere Oct 2018 #24

Gullible people like things put into very simple terms. llmart Oct 2018 #34

The root of the problem is the right are not good at discerning character of their "in group". uponit7771 Oct 2018 #25

Stupid folks look backwards. Smart folks look forward, they can see both past and future. Fred Sanders Oct 2018 #26

They are not willing to listen to the long, boring reality of things. maxsolomon Oct 2018 #27

Their authoritarian mindset may play into it, too treestar Oct 2018 #28

Banana Republican epistemology hvn_nbr_2 Oct 2018 #29

People believe what validates their own interest and position Fresh_Start Oct 2018 #30

Dinosaurs never walked the earth. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2018 #31

+These kind of people used to be a joke . Now they are all over the place and often in charge lunasun Oct 2018 #33