Not brainwashed, just stupid.
There’s a difference between stupid and crazy. Even a very stupid person may instinctively not put their hand in a roaring fire; but a crazy person will, then slowly remove their smoldering hand and complain that the fire is not hot enough.
What makes it even creepier is that there are several flavors of crazy, such as self destructive or suicidal, psychopathic, schizophrenic, paranoid, etc. And they are not necessarily exclusive, so someone might be a “Neopolitan” crazy.
Not brainwashed, just stupid.
Reocovering NOW activists?