Friday, July 9, 2021

The rise of Trump and the Golden Age of Stupidity

We’re often advised that ‘Making fun of Trump supporters will never bring them round to your point of view.’ MAGA cult members are regarded by sympathetc relatives as similar to alanon members. But can any amount of patient reasoning wean them from their insane attachment to Trump and the belief that stupid is the new smart? If so I haven’t found it. That’s why I advise ridicule therapy until the tiny part of their brains that register cognitive dissonance can be sparked into life by the glaring discrepancy between their delusions and the actual state of affairs.

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