Posted: Sep 05, 2015 11:14 pm
Forty Two wrote:It is bizarre, of course, and Obama clearly was born in Hawaii and is a Christian.
The explanation, though, is that in politics, the unwashed masses tend to believe the worst about their opposition, and conspiracy theories are very compelling to a large chunk of the population.
People believe stupid shit. Something like 1/3 to 45% believe that astrology is scientific. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/ ... ology-dumb Democrats are more likely to believe astrology is scientific -- http://hotair.com/archives/2014/02/17/s ... d-the-sun/
Similarly, more than half of Democrats apparently don't know the Earth revolves around the sun and it takes a year to do so. http://www.ijreview.com/2014/02/118054- ... -question/
On the events of 9/11, the Democrats had some weird beliefs too --
http://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith ... new-035224"How likely is it that people in the federal government either assisted in the 9/11 attacks or took no action to stop the attacks because they wanted the United States to go to war in the Middle East?" the poll asked.
A full 22.6% of Democrats said it was "very likely." Another 28.2% called it "somewhat likely."
So, more than half of Democrats....
Fully 35 percent of Democrats believe George W. Bush had advance knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... z3kh2g3XXO
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Environmental activists can be convinced to sign petitions banning water --
That last one was bullshit, you can pull that on just about anyone who didn't pay attention in school. It's not particular to greenies. My son likes to pull that one with H2O or NaCl on any adult present, it usually works.