So, admittedly I hadn't been paying that close attention to the "Hunter Biden laptop" story...

[Novara]

71. It's the republican playbook:

If you can't find evidence, make it up. Lie. Cheat. Steal. Commit forgery. Plant nonexistent "evidence."

Then accuse democrats of what you're doing.

What's pathetic is that it's so transparent and utterly ridiculous and anyone with a brain can spot this shit from miles away, but there are far too many people so stupid that they believe anything just because their hate for "the other side" makes them desperately WANT to believe it.

It's called confirmation bias:

"Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values."

The desire to believe something negative about their enemies is so strong that they will believe anything without question. Nevermind that there's no actual proof. Nevermind that it doesn't make sense. Nevermind that it may not even be possible. If it's something negative about their enemies, they'll automatically believe it.

Don't you sometimes wonder how half this country got so brainwashed?