It is long past time to recognize that rational people cannot interact meaningfully with the substantial numbers of irrational ones.  How do you talk to the majority of Trump supporters who believe his son did NOT have that meeting with the Russian lawyer, despite the admission he did and the provision of email documents to support it?  What do you say to the majority of Republicans who believe Obama is a Kenyan Muslim?  How do you seek to understand the worldview of people who believe in so many things that are absurdly ridiculous and have not a shred of evidence to support them?  The answer is - you don't.  You continue to label these people as stupid and their leaders and news sources (Breitbart and The Rebel come to mind) as stupid, because what else can you call it, really?  We have tried to "understand" the other side - it hasn't worked, because these folks do not think rationally.

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