a lot of them aren't that dumb

You have to be at least somewhat dumb to believe many of the ideological tenets.

In 2014 I still trusted CNN, but when they suddenly started promoting an ideology claiming as fact that "men hate all women" and that "all ideas about sex differences were artificially constructed by an ancient conspiracy of men trying to hurt all women", I didn't nod and say "well if this authority says it then it must be true."

a lot of them aren't that dumb

You have to be at least somewhat dumb to believe many of the ideological tenets.

In 2014 I still trusted CNN, but when they suddenly started promoting an ideology claiming as fact that "men hate all women" and that "all ideas about sex differences were artificially constructed by an ancient conspiracy of woman-hating men", I didn't nod and say "well if this authority says it then it must be true."