General Discussion

Sexism and racism, of course, but a lot of people have lost any ability they ever had to think critically, reason deductively, or separate reality from fantasy, on a wide variety of issues and topics. They just consume whatever media they're exposed to, regardless of how fake or ridiculous it is, and social media has made it exponentially worse.

People actually believed that a child sex ring was being run out of the basement of a building that didn't have a basement. They still believe it.

There was a study recently published that said that Trump supporters were more likely to believe a debunked conspiracy theory *after* it was debunked than before they were provided proof that it was false.

"The two times Trump ran against women.. he won.. the one time he lost, it was to a man"

I had this exact conversation with my partner last night. I don't want to believe that it's this simple - and I'm fairly certain that there's more to it than that - but it's an undeniable fact.