https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/1dssr87/if_trump_or_the_republican_party_is_actually_that/

lol, exactly the kind of laughable response I expected.

The whole thread is a gold mine.

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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    5 days ago

    Crazy experience: I told the lib I work with that the democrats actually fund the crazier Republicans to encourage people to vote Democrat and he chuckled and said it's a good strategy (and yes, he said this unironically).

    Libs who aren't affected by this election aren't very serious about it.

    • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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      5 days ago

      I got called a "crazy conspiracy theorist" by a good friend for saying that, despite including documentation.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        5 days ago

        It does feel like the average democrat's ignorant beliefs about the function and mechanics of government leave them mostly unable to understand how government actually functions.

        • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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          5 days ago

          It's a fairytale-level understanding. They believe stories, and know what should happen, and any evidence to the contrary is discarded.

          I found myself compelled to apologize to my partner repeatedly as I was teaching them to see past the veil; confronting and analyzing one's beliefs is an extremely painful process when you're doing it for the first time.