VeritaMusings

  I Did Not See the Nazi     I did not see the Nazi   For he was riding undercover   Through farms and  blocks  and cities   With neighbors,  friends , and lovers     I did not see the Nazi   Though he was hiding in plain sight   Wandering like a zombie   With  an old, Prussian blight     I did not see the Nazi   Though he was screaming with all his might   For  guns and God and glory   For  all the  shade s  of  white     I did not see the Nazi   When his eyes would betray his rage   About some Semitic conspiracy   And complicity on a global stage     I did not see the Nazi   When he was foaming at the mouth   With fiery ,  fascist fury    About his scapegoats farther south     I did not see the Nazi   When he  shrieked about  something east   Their guns, their gods, their g...

 Dear Trump supporters, You're right, I am biased. I have news for you: you are too. Everyone has biases, as bias is an inevitable component of human cognition. The difference between you and me, though, is that I can be convinced and you can't. It can be tough for me to combat my bias and admit I'm wrong, but given enough evidence, I can -- indeed, I have changed my mind plenty of times in my life. You, on the other hand, won't accept any evidence at all, or any court decisions, or any media -- including conservative media, or anything at all that is in any way opposed to your Dear Leader, your ideology, and your goal of an autocratic takeover. Trump could personally stab your family to death in front of your face and you would still support him. You would say the culprit was a Democrat in disguise. If DNA evidence proved it was Trump, you would insist that it's fake news and a clear left wing conspiracy. If multiple eye witnesses -- even conservatives -- testified...