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Related: About this forumScary Weaponized Ignorance from Trumpists
He is correct that you can't convince the hardcore Magats about anything, but I think it's still possible to convince those people on the fence those people who aren't truly magats
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Scary Weaponized Ignorance from Trumpists (Original Post)
dustyscamp
Jan 2020
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I suspect the largest reason why they do this is that many Trump supporters are looking for a target
cstanleytech
Jan 2020
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cstanleytech
(26,306 posts)1. I suspect the largest reason why they do this is that many Trump supporters are looking for a target
to blame for the problems in their lives which is why they support Trump as he is giving them targets.
In other words its essentially a repeat partly of how Hitler rose to power.
The question we must find an answer to is how to defuse the situation and avoid a repeat of the death camps.
FM123
(10,054 posts)2. They not only weaponize ignorance they glorify and worship it.
czarjak
(11,287 posts)3. "Nothing you say can change my mind"...
Literally, they are impervious to truth and facts.
lastlib
(23,263 posts)4. If tRumpers could be reasoned with, they wouldn't be tRumpers.
We are using faulty terminology here when we say "inside the MIND of a tRumper." It's OK to say "inside the HEAD of a tRumper," but they really don't have a mind large enough to get into. Cogitative functions in their reptilian brains is totally undeveloped. So reasoning, rationality, and logic are useless concepts when we discuss them.
czarjak
(11,287 posts)5. From the get-go!