really IS shocking! How could so many people believe something so obviously and outlandishly false?
I mean, I know there is this weird, psychopathological Trump hatred that is pushed by the MSM. But how could so many fall for it? That’s CRAZY!
I suspect that it is the “In for penny, in for a pound” phenomenon. Because once these people have gone on a journey two-thirds of the way to Kookville, they are just not likely to get off in the middle of nowhere before reaching the destination.
Generally, if you can get people to take step one, it will be relatively easy to get them to take steps 2, 3, and 4. They very often feel that they can never go back. So you initially get them with an “easy” first step, and then add layer upon layer until they are well and truly bound.
And there is a STRONG and damning pride–they can’t just back down now without calling into question their whole program of personal beliefs and behaviors! So they just stay on the bus, because they really are not willing to be at all introspective or to change–that conflicts with their inherent narcissism.