They love hearing what they already wish to hear, Bobert...and that means in almost every case that they don't consciously know it's a lie. That's how demagogues get support. They tell people what those people want to hear.

Almost no one is interested in any form of the truth that invalidates some stuff they already believe. Nor do they believe it IS the truth when they hear it.

Just ask them. You'll see.

It's one reason why I don't bother talking to people on the Internet about a number of subjects I'm deeply interested in. I would just get hostile reactions from a number of individuals who think differently about those subjects...it would waste my time...mess up my day a bit...probably frustrate and depress me...probably frustrate them too. Nothing would change, except we'd all be crabbier than we were before that interchange. Therefore, why bother?

If I was a journalist, then I'd talk about those things, because that would be my job. Here? No point really. Why wave the red flag at the bull? Why kick the hornet's nest?