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milonie 2 points ago +2 / -0

my brother hasnt...its frustrating. tries to tell me the reason why the police opened the gate was because the inbred hilbilly trump supporters where pushing forward too strong. tried to explain to him the concept of avoiding cognitive dissonance. he lacks the iq to understand

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Mojozowa [S] 1 point ago +1 / -0

So many won't change until it seems safe . It is unfortunate . They need to be in the majority to poke their head up .

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milonie 1 point ago +1 / -0

i dont think so. i think they must learn that their belief system doesnt work for them. its evolutionary biology. If he lived under chinese communism with social scoring etc. he would notice his mistakes. once you made up your mind about a subject people will instinctively reject any info which would conflict with that opinion to avoid cognitive dissonance and the pain of having to aknowledge their views were wrong.