If you hadn't I was going to.   I think this video is fascinating.   I'm going to refrain from using the word stupid to describe what these people are saying.   It isn't about stupid, it's about indoctrination.   It makes me realize that not only is Palin uninformed about things like domestic policy and American history and foreign policy and world history, she doesn't want to be informed, doesn't see it as a necessity or even a particularly good thing, and in a strange way it makes sense.   The support she enjoys from these people does not depend on any of that.   They are clearly uninterested in detail.   They do not know what her policy is, and more interestingly, they do not seem to want to know.   She's one of them, her mind is "right" and they'd vote for her on that basis.   You can tell that they listen to the right-wing punditry, and appropriately enough, to Fox "News". &nbs p; Particulars are completely beside the point.   It's all about the narrative.  I was intrigued by the way they wave off specific information and questions, as though they couldn't be bothered with that stuff, nor did inconvenient facts deter them.  After I watched this video it got me thinking.  The only thing that might alter the perception these people have is profound, catastrophic failure.    To shake their faith in Palin she would have to be elected and we would have to go through something truly horrendous like a world war or another great depression so that they suffered horrible deprivations of some sort, and even then I'm convinced many would not see it.   After all, did they learn from Bush's failures?


by bfaul on 11/23/2009 03:29:56 PM EST

Before simpletons like these can alter their beliefs, they must re-examine them. Before they can re-examine their beliefs, they must articulate them and thereby find the inconsistencies therein. That first step seems to be the impenetrable barrier. They are not in full command of their communication skills, so they cannot help themselves by verbalizing their own misunderstandings.

by OneHitKill on 11/23/2009 10:50:43 PM EST

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