Trump supporter wearing dead animal refuses to believe Jan 6 was violent — even after CNN showed him video https://t.co/DDIV2Hjynx
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) September 18, 2021
"It just seems, Jim, that it would take almost a miracle to convince some of the people who were here that this was a very serious situation. They all have downplayed it. In this instance, this video blaming the police for what happened and they should have gotten out of the way," he said.
"They're in a state of denial, is what it is," Acosta replied. "I mean, that's just extraordinary to meet somebody who says show me the video and then you show them the video — and they're still not convinced. It just shows you how sinister this world of disinformation is that we're all living in right now."
I'm not saying this is a good situation, but it's not a unique one. As I've said before, I know people who went to their grave convinced Richard Nixon was railroaded out of office. And I don't mean creeps like Roger Stone; I mean perfectly decent, perfectly rational people who I was happy to call friends, whose passing I mourned sincerely.
I've seen people refuse the evidence of their own eyes, because their chosen narrative was what they wanted to think (much less believe; you'd be amazed what people "think" and insist is "true" because they think it). Hell, just read Bad Legal Takes sometime, you'd be convinced some people have no idea how government works in this country or what "law" means. Twitter didn't invent that; it just made the examples and ignorance easier to find.
Yet I wouldn't say those people were victims of a "sinister...world of disinformation." I'd say they're just lying to themselves. I've been watching people do that for nearly 60 years.
Same as it ever was. Welcome to the world, Mr. Prokupecz. It's full of wonders and terrors, and sheer bewilderments.
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