I look forward to Bernie advancing into the sights of attackers.

[handmade34]

30. people hear what they want to hear...

"...we now live and work in an environment filled with information, we filter out most of what we see and hear.
People tend to avoid information that contradicts what they already think or believe.

research finds that people are, in general, twice as likely to select information that supported their own point of view as to consider an opposing idea, with two thirds going for supportive views as opposed to a third going the other way...

Some people, particularly those with more close-minded personalities, were even more reluctant to expose themselves to differing perspectives....They tended to opt for information that corresponded to their views nearly three quarters of the time...

...unsurprisingly, people were more resistant to new points of view when their own ideas were associated with political, religious or ethical values...

...for the most part, people tended to stay with their own beliefs and attitudes because changing them might prevent them from living the lives they were living..."