I have a key fob faraday cage/pouch keychain to prevent people from being able to dupe my key fob’s signal.

Bowing to trump know kneels down to putin.

Jesus people… if you’ve gotten this far and don’t realize this is a troll, shame on you… Should have been obvious from their original comment even.

Stop feeding this troll.

The “Is it good for us? Let me modify my interpretation/beliefs” act you’re describing is in itself rationalizing. What you’re focusing on is their motivation for doing so. And yes, it is a simple motivation.

You are right that there is no reasoning with radical groups like MAGA/QAnon/mainstream conservatives. We cannot pull them out of their extremism with reason. They have to want to change themselves.

Trying to persuade family who have fallen into this extremism typically backfires and results in frustration, anger, and hostility. This tends to just push the family member(s) further into the community they feel “gets them.”

All of this is cited and elaborated on in this blog post of mine. (I have ads turned off and do not benefit in any way from my blog.)

Yeah, that is absolutely a huge part of it. The reinforcement from their “community” is an essential part of how people are radicalized.

(To cite that claim, here is my write-up on the subject with valid citations. My blog has ads turned off and I don’t benefit from it in any way.)

The rationalizing comes in when their beliefs are challenged by other people/other media (or reality checks when QAnan predictions repeatedly fail to come to fruition).

The fact that reality has been indistinguishable from The Onion since 2016 is the best argument for reality being a simulation. The admins decided to ramp up the satire levels. Then in 2020, they decided to leave satire turned up, but to also crank up suffering.

Just to be clear, I am only being sarcastic. I think…

I think why they do not care is because they don’t “believe” it. The more important question (IMO) is: “How can they deny this blatant reality?”

The answer is because they shield themselves from reality with Olympics level mental gymnastics, rationalizing away cognitive dissonance and living in their own deluded reality.

Your comment is so out of touch and ridiculous…

Rudy is never sober!

Well he didn’t mention E. Jean Carroll… Honestly surprised he had the restraint. Let’s see how long it lasts. I doubt he has the impulse control. I seriously doubt he learned any lesson from this…

Raise your hand if you have untreated neurosyphilis!

Obvious troll. Joined 8 minutes ago, first comment is belligerently stupid whataboutism… Name is BadActorLol…

Might as well block you now because you’re bringing nothing worthwhile to the table.

That’s actually a pretty compelling argument.

But then again, I don’t think Nixon signed onto have his head in a glass jar. Is parody not an exception?