There's a simple reason why it's impossible to change MAGA minds about Trump. They WANT to believe his lies. It makes them feel good.
It's how every cult and every religion works: Believing in God makes them feel good. Not believing in him makes them feel bad. That's why you can't change their mind.
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It’s pretty sad. They don’t think they’re racists, they just want to keep their unearned white privilege; they don’t think they’re sexists, they just want to keep treating women as second class citizens; they don’t think they’re homophobes, they just want to beat up a LBGTQ person once in a while.
These hateful racist, sexist, homophobic morons, backed by the lies our right wing media is feeding them (hint: all networks are now spewing right wing lies and sane-washing trump like crazy), have invested a large part of their identity in their beliefs and white privilege. To reject their beliefs or trump would mean rejecting their identity for the past 5-10 years. So they willingly cling to the lies.
And it is so very true. He also tells them exactly what they want to hear, to believe. His followers are already bigots and racists, and finally someone is authenticating what they believe. He is the chosen one and they have waited a long time for his arrival. Does it get any more frightening than that.
It’s pretty sad. They don’t think they’re racists, they just want to keep their unearned white privilege; they don’t think they’re sexists, they just want to keep treating women as second class citizens; they don’t think they’re homophobes, they just want to beat up a LBGTQ person once in a while.
These hateful racist, sexist, homophobic morons, backed by the lies our right wing media is feeding them (hint: all networks are now spewing right wing lies and sane-washing trump like crazy), have invested a large part of their identity in their beliefs and white privilege. To reject their beliefs or trump would mean rejecting their identity for the past 5-10 years. So they willingly cling to the lies.
And it is so very true. He also tells them exactly what they want to hear, to believe. His followers are already bigots and racists, and finally someone is authenticating what they believe. He is the chosen one and they have waited a long time for his arrival. Does it get any more frightening than that.