Let's Cut the Crap NanceGreggs (26,324 posts)
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NanceGreggs (26,324 posts)
Republican voters - especially the Trump-humpers among them -- are not where they are because they're poorly-educated, misled, easily-manipulated dupes.
Those excuses for their behaviour - despite all of it being true - is no longer a viable explanation for their actions.
The truth is they're are just downright stupid.
No one with enough common sense to come in out of the rain would ignore the expertise of Dr. Fauci (world renowned physician, scientist, immunologist), and instead take their medical advice from the same lunatic who told them the pandemic was a hoax.
No one with enough functioning brain cells to enable them to tie their own shoelaces would look at the real-time footage of January 6th and ever believe that it was a 'regular tourist event' - or, even more amazingly, buy the line that the events of January 6th actually never happened.
No one with sufficient brain-power to successfully microwave a hotdog would see deaths among the unvaccinated surge - and not understand that the vaccines are working, and being unvaccinated is the problem.
No one with an IQ above that of the average house plant would believe that the 2020 election was 'stolen' when there hasn't been a modicum of proof produced to support that idea , would believe that a man obsessed with keeping his income tax returns hidden has 'nothing to hide', would believe that TFG (the self-proclaimed billionaire) needs their donations to cover his personal expenses.
These people are actually supporting Republican whack-jobs who believe that Jewish Space Lasers cause forest fires, and the so-called 'Christians' among them have no problem taking selfies with a golden Trump statue.
Once upon a time, the Trump-humpers could be excused as ill-informed idiots who bought the snake oil that would, as promised, cure all ills.
We're well past that now. Anyone still supporting TFG - and the party he still holds sway over - is, quite simply, a fucking moron, devoid of the common sense required to distinguish between shit and Shinola.
So let's stop pretending that those still clinging to TFG's blatant bullshit are citizens who simply don't know any better - because if they don't know better by now, they are too stupid to ever know anything.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215713577
3. Some are stupid, some are smart. All are willfully ignorant.
Or, as my friend Charles corrects me: "Not just willfully ignorant, Ed. Joyously, jubilantly ignorant. They revel in their ignorance."
11. Until Fox, Rght Wing radio and Facebook tell the Truth these folks will not GET the FACTS
No access to Truth.
The Disinformation media driven by Authoritarians world wide is to blame.
I don't feel much pity, but these folks DO have a bit of cover for their ignorance.