And therein lies the challenge. They aren’t. Too many people, whose very lives are at risk because of these power hungry, my way is right and righteous, callous, uncaring, ignorant, can’t think of what they are to be called, have bamboozled them totally. And many are people who are not stupid, who are aware mostly of what’s going on. I k…
And therein lies the challenge. They aren’t. Too many people, whose very lives are at risk because of these power hungry, my way is right and righteous, callous, uncaring, ignorant, can’t think of what they are to be called, have bamboozled them totally. And many are people who are not stupid, who are aware mostly of what’s going on. I keep saying there will be huge numbers of psychological studies about this phenomena.
The best thing I saw was a comment the other day from someone who pointed to the hundreds of thousands of people who drove and flew and rented hotel rooms, etc. to watch the eclipse, a scientific event, predicted long ago, but many were the same who refused to believe in vaccines or think the earth is flat!
My husband drove one hour to get into the zone of totality. He stopped at a gas station to ask where the town park was and mentioned the eclipse. The attendant's response: "What eclipse?" This was 30 minutes before totality! I'm not convinced that folks ARE aware of the world around them...
Many of my family live in the area of total eclipse. i had to set one of them straight after she posted a conspiracy theory. She did thank me for my post, so at least she read it. Southern Indiana and Illinois....hotbeds of ignorance and regressive nonsense. And based on their lives, I would say a lot of people are busy trying to make ends meet, having health problems, arguing with each other, having children they shouldn't have, etc.
How about people who spend a lot of money going to trump rallies. I am sure they are not free. Add admission, gas (flights, maybe not so much), hotel rooms (what I saw were trumpers staying in tents supposedly used for summer camping or cars). Just saying. BTW it was snowing
FYI when I was in NH for Pete's rally, I stayed in a bed and breakfast, home breakfast including fresh baked muffins, private bathroom. When I got to my room, a fire was going in the electric fire place.
And therein lies the challenge. They aren’t. Too many people, whose very lives are at risk because of these power hungry, my way is right and righteous, callous, uncaring, ignorant, can’t think of what they are to be called, have bamboozled them totally. And many are people who are not stupid, who are aware mostly of what’s going on. I keep saying there will be huge numbers of psychological studies about this phenomena.
The best thing I saw was a comment the other day from someone who pointed to the hundreds of thousands of people who drove and flew and rented hotel rooms, etc. to watch the eclipse, a scientific event, predicted long ago, but many were the same who refused to believe in vaccines or think the earth is flat!
Selective ignorance?
More like willful ignorance, I think.
My husband drove one hour to get into the zone of totality. He stopped at a gas station to ask where the town park was and mentioned the eclipse. The attendant's response: "What eclipse?" This was 30 minutes before totality! I'm not convinced that folks ARE aware of the world around them...
A lot certainly aren't. But a lot are. (I don't know how the numbers break down at any particular time or place.)
Many of my family live in the area of total eclipse. i had to set one of them straight after she posted a conspiracy theory. She did thank me for my post, so at least she read it. Southern Indiana and Illinois....hotbeds of ignorance and regressive nonsense. And based on their lives, I would say a lot of people are busy trying to make ends meet, having health problems, arguing with each other, having children they shouldn't have, etc.
and they think health insurance is bad now...
How about people who spend a lot of money going to trump rallies. I am sure they are not free. Add admission, gas (flights, maybe not so much), hotel rooms (what I saw were trumpers staying in tents supposedly used for summer camping or cars). Just saying. BTW it was snowing
FYI when I was in NH for Pete's rally, I stayed in a bed and breakfast, home breakfast including fresh baked muffins, private bathroom. When I got to my room, a fire was going in the electric fire place.