Fox News Fans Actually Believe The Lies, That's Why They're A Lost Cause [View all]

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“They can’t really believe that, though? Not really.”

That is frequently the reaction from liberals when faced with the sheer enormity and audacity of the falsehoods that many on the right believe and repeat.

These are complex, wide-ranging conspiracies often spanning years and decades, requiring enormous groups of people working in perfect concert with each other, never leaking inside information or breaking the blue wall of silence.

Take, for instance, the purported destruction of several American cities in the summer of 2020.

This is something Republicans in Congress regularly reference, a shared point of reference they use to deflect from investigations into the January 6 Capitol attack. They’ll ask why the federal government is turning a blind eye to the actions of Black Lives Matter and Antifa during that summer, even as they arrest hundreds of Trump supporters.

Those who are not glued to Fox News are unlikely to know what these Republican members of Congress are talking about. But for Fox superfans this line of rhetoric hits them in their hearts.

After all, when these people engaged in their daily ritual of turning on Fox in summer 2020, they “saw” the “reality” with their own two eyes. Over and over again, programs like “Fox & Friends” opened up their broadcasts showing footage of cities like Portland, Oregon, in absolute flames, buildings reduced to rubble, and unpoliced streets running wild with dedicated Black and/or leftist militants.

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