Why People Believe Trump's Lies

I've never understood Holocaust denial. Climate change denial at least is conceivable, because there aren't several million people who just up and disappeared because the Earth is a degree warmer. Denying the Holocaust, on the other hand, seems like denying that there's an atmosphere.

OK.  This is rich.

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2) Trump doesn't like the results:

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lol... yall are tools.....

The billionaire wants your money.

Lmfao

Sad part is there are so many dumbasses in this country who will give it to him.

They believe for the same reason they watch Fox Snooze. 

Confirmation bias. 

Laughing stock of the world. BOOM.

#lastnightinsweeden

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sweden-idUSKBN15Y0QH?utm_cam...

My personal favorite is the Sandy Hook was a hoax. The biggest proponent of this has been calling for exhumation of so-called "bodies".

https://www.thetrace.org/2015/12/sandy-hook-mass-shooting-hoaxers/

By: Ian Haney López follow @IanHaneyLopez

What is America? From its beginning it has always been a painful paradox, a country founded on violent dehumanization but proclaiming the highest ideals of human kinship. As generations have before us, today millions join together to make it what it must become.

We seek a revolution of values and a radical restructuring of our society. We seek nothing less than the American Revolution’s ideal of We the People—created equal, imbued with dignity, governing ourselves for all of us, sharing a broad prosperity.

This hope and fight is now. Trumpism betrays America, provoking everyday folks to fear demonized versions of their fellows while the real threat comes from billionaires and corporations pursuing profits heedless of hurt to people and the planet.

We know that building a true democracy will not be easy. Corporate greed, empire building, bigotry of all kinds, lies and propaganda, selfishness and materialism, all contribute to a toxic political environment ruled by anger and ignorance.

But a beautiful, revolutionary spirit spreads across America again. This spirit fired up the generations before us as they built heroic movements that achieved the impossible and helped the world reimagine and redefine what an inclusive, egalitarian democracy can and should be.

Our time is now. We are greater than their fear. We honor the dignity and equality of people of all faiths, races, ethnicities, abilities, genders, and sexual orientations. We protect each other, embrace non-violence, joyfully engage our differences, build shared prosperity, and care for the earth.

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Our democracy does not belong to the corporations or the wealthy few. It does not belong to any branch of government, any political party, or any president. It belongs to us, We the People. We seek nothing less than America. What is America to you and how will you give it birth?

 This guest blog is by Ian Haney López, the John H. Boalt Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, director of the Racial Politics Project at the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and a Senior Fellow at Demos.

https://www.aclunc.org/blog/we-people-must-seize-moment-our-democracy-de...

Polls and surveys can and usually are constructed to validate a desired result. To be sure, ALL groups tend to do this so it's not just the GOP administration. However, go to the survey and objectively read the questions. Wildly slanted which. again is NOT surprising.

The question this thread poses is one that psychologists and society will debate for years to come, assuming we don't fall into the state of Idiocracy.

I posted an NPR article on FB which spoke only about 45, the GOP, etc. A relatively well educated individual I know from years past in business attacks with a host of slams on Obama, many of which were right up there in absurdity as the birther movement. As expected, not one comment to debate anything said about 45 et al. "Whataboutism". Wild shit.

Biggest circle jerk between Trump and InfoWars, which started the fake news which Trump repeated - and their devout viewers believe.

http://www.infowars.com/trump-and-the-truth-about-sweden/

From the 'failing' NY Times

>>>...Officials in both countries expressed alarm and dismay on Monday at Mr. Trump’s remarks. Senator Bob Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said the president should get his information from intelligence agencies and not from television. The Swedish Embassy in Washington offered the Trump administration a briefing on its immigration policies. Sweden’s prime minister, Stefan Lofven, said he was surprised by Mr. Trump’s comments, and noted that Sweden ranks highly on international comparisons of economic competitiveness, human development and income inequality.

“We have challenges, no doubt about that,” he allowed, adding: “We must all take responsibility for using facts correctly and for verifying anything we spread.”

Yet even before the prime minister spoke, Mr. Trump pursued his attack. On Twitter, he suggested that the news media was covering up problems related to migration in Sweden.

Immigration is, in fact, a hotly debated issue in Sweden, Germany and many other European countries, and a subject of frequent news coverage.

Moreover, statistics in Sweden do not back Mr. Trump’s claims. Preliminary data released last month by Sweden’s crime prevention council found no appreciable increase in crimes from 2015, when the country processed a record 163,000 asylum applications, to 2016. The council did note an increase in assaults and rapes last year, but also recorded a drop in thefts, robberies and drug offenses.

Officials say they have not seen any evidence for the claim, prevalent in right-wing media like Breitbart and Infowars, that migration has driven a surge in crime. The government has not provided a breakdown of crime statistics according to the ethnic or national background of suspects since 2005, though one right-wing party has called on the government to provide updated statistics.

“The general crime rate in Sweden is below the U.S. national average,” the State Department noted last May.

Although terrorism is a concern for Sweden — an Iraqi-born Swede carried out a suicide bombing in central Stockholm in 2010 — the authorities say they are equally worried about racist hate crimes, including attacks on migrants.

Carl Bildt, a former prime minister and foreign minister of Sweden, made a jab at Mr. Trump on Twitter: “Just a piece of friendly advice: when you are in a hole, stop digging.”..

Ouch. 

The Swedish government sold their people out to the globalist agenda of multiculturalism, and are now paying the price. I mean, is it really even a point of dispute that the immigration of hundreds of thousands of mostly uneducated refugees from the 3rd world has been a problem? Or is rape from refugees now considered cultural enrichment?

Writer, Journalist  and Swede Ingrid Carlqvist interviewed by Stefan Molyneux:

The Rape Of Sweden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FluvpeD6lhQ&t=26s

>>>>>hundreds of thousands of mostly uneducated refugees

Well the majority are children.

That may be true, but it's believed many lied regarding their age to improve their chances of getting asylum. Sweden doesn't test for age.

>>>>>but it's believed many lied regarding their age

Oh, totally.  Bunch of lying terrorists.

Lassen, when was the last time you read The Turner Diaries?

Why do white males in Sweden rape? 

i dunno slack, watch the video

If you watched the video, then I don't need to. I can just ask you why each rapes. 

I raped myself today and it felt great. 

Haters!

Why did you do it, JR? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_sexual_violence

It's a power and control thing slacker. 

I didn't read the above comments yet but i'll shot from the hip;

....because they are uptight, frustrated, STUBBORN, racist, greedy, homophobes, that don't like to share?

I can understand not wanting Hilary, but just admit he's a clown.

Can anyone explain why people believed Obama's lies?

So you're just like the 'but Bush' crowd you complained about during the Obama administration?  

Thom, I know that you have been reluctant to offer your opinion, but...

How do feel about the mouthpiece for white nationalists, Steve Bannon,  being a principal member of the national security council? 

Does it concern you, or are you OK with it?

lol at grown men w/ daughters supporting trump. classic.

really must fuck w/ kids head at some point. 

thom won't answer that b/c it's embarrassing to admit one's support for the white nationalist/white supremacy movement. 

maybe fafa will answer it? 

>>>>>>thom won't answer that b/c it's embarrassing to admit one's support for the white nationalist/white supremacy movement. 

He was pretty embarrassed and repeatedly tried to deny using Stormfront as a news source.  Ateix really took his Sweater Vest to the proverbial Dry Cleaners on that one.

Thought this was an interesting article:

https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-worki...

“The thing that really gets me is that Democrats try to offer policies (paid sick leave! minimum wage!) that would help the working class,” a friend just wrote me. A few days’ paid leave ain’t gonna support a family. Neither is minimum wage. WWC men aren’t interested in working at McDonald’s for $15 per hour instead of $9.50. What they want is what my father-in-law had: steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life to the 75% of Americans who don’t have a college degree. Trump promises that. I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.

^ you take that shit back to Russia Felina. We will have none of that here.

Because they are latent racists and sexist?  Throw in a little propaganda and fear mongering and  there you have it. Its the only thing I can think of besides sheer stupidity.

Thom, what are you still hatin on Obama for? Your party is in charge now! do you think your family's politics impacted your thoughts on these things? How bout you throw a guy a Krugerrand?  Shake it down, trickle down now.

I am still truly mystified that trump won. How embarrassing. I do not believe a word he says.

It's easier to fill empty heads with shit.

Riots erupt in predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Swedish capital

http://www.kcci.com/article/riots-erupt-in-predominantly-immigrant-neigh...

Yeah, we never have police shootings that end up with community uproar in America.

Riots sometimes happens when Police shoot unarmed citizens.

Or Trump is Nostradumbass

Nah, him and Putin arranged for it to happen, everyone knows that. Story coming out in Washington Post soon

Nostra means Our, so that works any way you slice it, Hoover.

bump for the con'd. 

 >>>>>the globalist agenda of multiculturalism

Sounds scary.

Globalism is here. In a time when we can destroy millions at the push of a button and find PCBs at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, we cannot afford to remain parochial. The question is, what kind of globalism will we have - the kind that benefits the 1% or the kind that lifts the rest of our boats?

>>>>> steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life to the 75% of Americans who don’t have a college degree

This will never happen..