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Jun. 2nd, 2024
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Jun. 2nd, 2024 10:45 pmHere's an interesting aspect of a discussion about the Trump trial. It feels like even time-consuming good faith attempts to reach out to Trump supporters are doomed to failure.
https://yakov-a-jerkov.livejournal.com/2202228.html?thread=89234292#t89234292
I think it's neither bad faith nor conceit on chasovschik's part, though. Rather, it's good old mediocrity of mind amplified by bias. He's just too ignorant and dense to read the original documents, to understand rsokolov's points and their implications. Also, as we can see from the comments in chasovschik's journal, Trump supporters around him are even dumber, which gives him a reputation of being smart. He's so touchy about the reputation too :)
Fascinating, but sad.
https://yakov-a-jerkov.livejournal.com/2202228.html?thread=89234292#t89234292
I think it's neither bad faith nor conceit on chasovschik's part, though. Rather, it's good old mediocrity of mind amplified by bias. He's just too ignorant and dense to read the original documents, to understand rsokolov's points and their implications. Also, as we can see from the comments in chasovschik's journal, Trump supporters around him are even dumber, which gives him a reputation of being smart. He's so touchy about the reputation too :)
Fascinating, but sad.