And most of them just clamp hands over ears at any sort of contradiction. (I'm sure you know, just adding my take to your point for the audience.)
At one point early in the pandemic I was very gently trying to persuade an anti masker so I cited then-Surgeon General Ronnie Jackson with a link to a Hill article, and the immediate response was "that looks like a fake news site".
It was pointless but I linked to a Fox article and then she just flatly declared she wasn't going to do it.
It's not just ignorance that animates MAGA, it's aggressive proactive ignorance.
And most of them just clamp hands over ears at any sort of contradiction. (I'm sure you know, just adding my take to your point for the audience.)
At one point early in the pandemic I was very gently trying to persuade an anti masker so I cited then-Surgeon General Ronnie Jackson with a link to a Hill article, and the immediate response was "that looks like a fake news site".
It was pointless but I linked to a Fox article and then she just flatly declared she wasn't going to do it.
It's not just ignorance that animates MAGA, it's aggressive proactive ignorance.
The figured it was probably something like that.
It's people like him that we can still reach.