"You might notice that Democrats are often dismissive of facts. This is because they gauge the validity of different facts based on how well those facts fit their political positions, rather than gauging their political positions based on how well those positions square with the facts. Once someone accepts a position as virtuous, and ties their sense of self-virtue to holding the right positions, they become immune to facts, and will find convenient ways to blow off any facts they don’t like."Global Liberty Media
"Have you ever looked at a belief, and wondered how it is that someone can believe that thing, whatever it may be? Have you ever wondered how it is that people can be so easily indoctrinated?
"Indoctrination is actually very easy to accomplish, and the purpose of this post is to expose exactly how indoctrination works.
"People think that the trick to indoctrination is to control the narrative, but it is not. The trick is to control what is perceived as ‘true’. Narratives follow.
"Controlling the perception of ‘truth’ starts with virtue-signaling. The left constantly portrays their positions as virtuous, and other positions as lacking virtue. Once someone buys into the notion that a position is, or is not, virtuous, then being a ‘good person’ comes from agreeing with the right positions, making it impossible to separate one’s self-identity from the political positions one holds. Once someone’s sense of virtue becomes tied to their political positions, they will defend those political positions as if their lives depended on it, as not doing so would, to them, make them lack virtue. Conversely, anyone who opposes their political positions becomes, by definition, evil." . . .
Hat tip to Doane Barile at Facebook Town Hall
