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In reply to the discussion: The Demon-Haunted World [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,385 posts)The Willfully Ignorant, indeed...
a.k.a. The Obtuse (Did you just call me obtuse?)
a.k.a. The Anti-Intellectual (Smart people are so dumb.)
a.k.a. The Celebrators of Ignorance
a.k.a. The "Contempt-Prior-To-Investigation" Investigators
a.k.a. The Trusters of The Gut
a.k.a. The "My ignorance is better than your knowledge" Self-Deceivers
Climate-change deniers are just the tip of the melting iceberg (Hey, look!
the planet ain't gettin' warmer 'cause I has a snowball in my hand to
prove it -- derp.)
Tax cuts will pay for themselves.
Tax cuts for the wealthy will trickle down (right down your leg).
Voter fraud is rampant.
Guns keep you safe.
Wind turbines cause cancer.
The economy is a-boomin' but we can't afford to provide health care to everyone.
The economy is a-boomin' but we can't afford to give govt employees a raise.
The economy is a-boomin' but we can't afford to raise the minimum wage.
The economy does better when Republicans are in charge.
Conservatives are more fiscally responsible than Dems.
We get nothing in return from NATO.
Trump has learned his lesson.
Trump was chosen by God.
Budget deficits don't matter (if Repubs caused them) ; they don't need balancing.
We need to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and SNAP to balance the budget.
There's no need for voter rights protections.
Banks need LESS regulation.
If it don't fit on a bumper sticker, then it's too complicated and it don't need knowin'.
Corporations are people, too, my friend.
Ukraine interfered with elections -- not Russia.
We have the best healthcare in the world.
Libruls hate our troops and they hate 'murica, derpy derpy derp . . .
It requires a certain predisposition: you hafta wanna believe the lies and the
bullshit before they are even spoken. An objectively seeking-mind would find these
claims to be beyond ridiculous. Reality does not support this belief system. The support
is sustained from a willful suspension of reality/fact/truth/evidence combined with
reinforced group think and propaganda.
The stupid hurts us more than it hurts them