Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Shocking Anti-Vaxxer Violently Responds to Me" video.

  1. The problem is these anti-vaxxers are too stupid to recognize how wrong they are. It's the Dunning-Kruger Effect: Most of us suffer from this, about one thing or another. But these people suffer from an actualization of the Effect that endangers us all. They see themselves as logical, so you can't use logic on them; they see themselves as intelligent, so you can't appeal to them intellectually; they see themselves as right and just, so there's no appealing to them with any kind of ethics or morality arguments. They're lost. I hate to say it, but how else to put it? This goes beyond brainwashing, lack of education, or critical thinking skills. Maybe, decades ago, they could have been taught better, and this could have been avoided. But you can't unscramble an egg. Just as the Southern Confederate holds onto their "lost cause," so do Trump supporters still hang on to his commands. And one of those was that Covid is (how did he put it) "their latest hoax." Like the Confederates, they see their loyalty as honorable, their nationalism as patriotism, and the mass of them will never give it up. 150 years later, they're still flying the Stars and Bars; and 100 years from now (if we're still around), Trump supporters will still be Trump supporters.
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