The prosecutor, who is criminally investigating Trump’s attempt to overturn the election, is reportedly extremely interested in that December 2020 Oval Office meeting.
Maybe you haven’t met any cult members Republicans, but if a republican in office or someone on TV says anything, they’ll believe and repeat. Believe and repeat
It doesn’t even have to be true. It can specifically be NOT true. And that’s why they do it.
It’s effective and the “do your own research” crowd actually never does their own research
That’s because their idea of “dO yOuR rEsEaRcH” is reading “articles” watching YT videos made by wingnuts in their moms’ basements that got their “facts” and sources from other wingnuts in other basements. It’s an enormous circlejerk that keeps reinforcing itself from a pool of nonsense information. And when anyone credible comes in with actual facts and sources that discredit the entire basis of their concepts, it’s fake news and a slew of ackshuallys.
I’ll give some credit: it’s increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction in articles that are written more like a persuasive essay than actual journalism. But this self reinforcing idea that everyone is lying and trying to pedo your kids has gone way too far. Are there nefarious actors? Absolutely. But I still believe it’s possible to be informed without relying on mentally stunted echo chambers.
Confirmation bias is super strong with those people too.
You get in online arguments and they eventually, after much reluctance, cough up the sources you ask for. Always fringe, unknown, highly skewed sources. And of course anything that gets more than 100 sessions a month is mainstream and corrupt. Including scientific journals
Lol right. You could show them a scientific journal that’s been ratified and endorsed by the global scientific community, and they’ll say they’re being paid by the global elites to push a narrative.
Maybe you haven’t met any
cult membersRepublicans, but if a republican in office or someone on TV says anything, they’ll believe and repeat. Believe and repeatIt doesn’t even have to be true. It can specifically be NOT true. And that’s why they do it.
It’s effective and the “do your own research” crowd actually never does their own research
That’s because their idea of “dO yOuR rEsEaRcH” is reading “articles” watching YT videos made by wingnuts in their moms’ basements that got their “facts” and sources from other wingnuts in other basements. It’s an enormous circlejerk that keeps reinforcing itself from a pool of nonsense information. And when anyone credible comes in with actual facts and sources that discredit the entire basis of their concepts, it’s fake news and a slew of ackshuallys.
I’ll give some credit: it’s increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction in articles that are written more like a persuasive essay than actual journalism. But this self reinforcing idea that everyone is lying and trying to pedo your kids has gone way too far. Are there nefarious actors? Absolutely. But I still believe it’s possible to be informed without relying on mentally stunted echo chambers.
Confirmation bias is super strong with those people too.
You get in online arguments and they eventually, after much reluctance, cough up the sources you ask for. Always fringe, unknown, highly skewed sources. And of course anything that gets more than 100 sessions a month is mainstream and corrupt. Including scientific journals
Lol right. You could show them a scientific journal that’s been ratified and endorsed by the global scientific community, and they’ll say they’re being paid by the global elites to push a narrative.
The pharmacies and big pharma pushing those maaaaan
Right, because the companies that make a $20 vaccine hope you buy that instead of the $1000s per dose meds that you’d need if you didn’t take it