Like many rational types, I was a tad surprised at a recent poll that showed that Trump voters are more likely to believe something he says rather than a contrary assertion by a family member, conservative “pundit” (gasp!, but then are they really pundits?) or their religious leaders. But I got over the tad quickly. Let me explain.
Before I go on, let me make clear that I have absolutely no empirical data or substantive proof for what I am about to assert. Let’s call it a hypothesis. You see? When we liberals assert stuff without proof we’re out front about it.
Once again, before I go on, bear in mind that these folks might have good reason not to believe anything their family members, preferred media figures, or grifter religious leaders have to say, but that’s totally peripheral to my main point.
So, here’s my hypothesis. Most, if not all, of the folks who said they believe everything the genius has to say were lying!
Now, right off the bat, that’s not really so hard to believe, considering we’re talking about Trump voters. After all, if you insist on being lied to by your politicians, your media figures, and your religious leaders, you probably aren’t too reluctant to lie yourself.
But, let me go on. I have been polled occasionally, and I consciously tailor my answers to push the poll results in the direction I want, even if I have to, let us say, skew the truth a little bit. If, for instance, I’m asked about the performance of a Democratic politician about whom I’m lukewarm, I’m still likely to give them an A+. I would submit that Trump voters are likely to do this in spades, because the are still loyal to the guy they know is an habitual liar (but he tells lies they like to hear!), and, if the poll shows lots of them agree, then the libs have been owned yet again!
As a further argument in support of my hypothesis, again without hard data to support it, but you know it’s true, these same Republican voters will tell a pollster they believe the election was stolen when they know very well it’s not true. But what’s truth got to do with it anyway?
So, again, I couldn’t prove this in a court of law, but no one could prove the contrary.
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