William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: I had the unsettling but enlightening experience yesterday of interacting with ...
I had the unsettling but enlightening experience yesterday of interacting with someone who believes, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, that Trump was an outstanding president and is being maligned now. Emphasis on the word "believes."
This interaction taught me how absolutely impossible it is to reason with Trump's fans who base their adulation not on reason but on raw belief.
Context: the person with whom I interacted is a man. He's over 90, retiredl military.
#Trump
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