A baseless claim about Vice President Kamala Harris was published on a site masquerading as a legitimate news outlet this week. Experts say it's the latest in a series of sites created to dupe people.
If it’s effective, why don’t certain people just start publishing stories about Trump secretly supporting abortion rights and performing abortions himself for fun? He really grabs these women by the pussy.
Because evidence doesn’t matter to his base. They don’t believe anything negative about him, all of it is lies. Likewise they believe everything bad about his enemies.
Their beliefs are not rational. They are based entirely on emotion, not facts or reason. And they hold those beliefs so strongly that they identify as part of themselves. That belief cannot be shaken, because it means that part of them was wrong as well, and that couldn’t possibly be right. They would have to actually self-reflect, and they’re incapable of that.
If it’s effective, why don’t certain people just start publishing stories about Trump secretly supporting abortion rights and performing abortions himself for fun? He really grabs these women by the pussy.
Because evidence doesn’t matter to his base. They don’t believe anything negative about him, all of it is lies. Likewise they believe everything bad about his enemies.
Their beliefs are not rational. They are based entirely on emotion, not facts or reason. And they hold those beliefs so strongly that they identify as part of themselves. That belief cannot be shaken, because it means that part of them was wrong as well, and that couldn’t possibly be right. They would have to actually self-reflect, and they’re incapable of that.