We rely on the hope that, in the end, GOP voters will wake up and see what is happening

[Hortensis]

6. You're completely wrong about the Democratic Party, Plum,

and I do wonder why you're pushing this line.

PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY WANT TO. Conservatives believe Republican lies because they want to. Contradictory information and sources are rejected without consideration because they KNOW they're all lies. That is a basic frame through which all input is filtered.

I used to believe that if we teach children to think they would think as adults. I now know that personality trumps education and that many people happily and as soon as possible abandon thinking in favor of reacting according to the dictates of their personalities and those of the group they identify with.

Btw, did you know that conservatives and liberals process information in different orders? Liberals send it for cognitive analysis, and then based on that, send it on for emotional reaction.

Conservatives send it for emotional reaction FIRST (!), then on for cognitive analysis (when they bother). Analysis, when it does occur, includes running it past their store of information, which for most these days is stuffed with Fox-type lies.

Their choice. And we don't do "re-education" here.