People who refuse to believe that a political party would rig a vote count to steal an imperative election are the same people who refuse to look at any evidence and block any from being shown, but they are quick to believe junk science like climate change and hoaxes like mushrooms on Mars.
It’s amazing to me that we have such evil minded idiots in our midst.
Agree. Although I think the ‘need’ to believe exists across all sorts of people, not just those on the Left.
Eg, just a few days ago I was having a back and forth with someone who (genuinely) believes COVID doesn’t exist. Right here on FR. What began with him not wanting to be vaccinated (a personal choice) devolved into him claiming people who were vaccinated could harm his health somehow, and then ended up with him claiming COVID is fake and doesn’t exist. And he was quoting people who included one person who has claimed reptilian-human hybrids exist as a source for covid being fake, and another person who has written three digital books on woo-woo nonsense (eg exit the matrix, altered states and magic, etc). He probably didn’t know his sources were known kooks, but still.
Here on FR.
And don’t get me started on some female FReeper (that I do respect but) who still believes President Trump is still in control, still has access to the nuclear football, and still has full presidential authority. At least, she did late March. Maybe now she’s come to the realization the conspiracy was fake.
Anyway - the ‘need to believe’ will affect both sides.
I think the main difference though is that the idiots (sorry, factual) on our side are mostly harmless who at most can only injure themselves. For the most part they don’t force others to believe their crap. Sure, they may try to do so on online forums, but that’s a weak and often ineffective effort. Eg, someone claiming ‘COVID is not real’ will hardly convert even one person to that line of thinking unless the person believed so to begin with.
The Liberal version though is scary. It’s the one thing they do very well …turning their conspiracies into legislative action. They believe in some concept, and then try to turn it into law. Eg their efforts to ban gasoline vehicles, action on climate change, their various proposals on gun control even though it would only hinder law abiding people from firearms and do nothing to actual criminals, etc etc.
The Left really knows how to convert their conspiracies into law. That’s one of the very few things they know to do well.
For our side, it’s mostly on forums and believe plans that obviously didn’t happen.