I already knew that people will believe any amount of stupid shit if it supports their beliefs, but the Trump thing really brings it home.
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Multiple people and institutions whose credibility has long since been ruined are constantly deferred to as suddenly-relevant authorities.
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It's an embarrassment to the ideals of people who claim to stand for reason, to give in so easily to demagogues and liars. No backbone.
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And some of the ideas people are proposing are insane, destructive and fundamentally harmful to the fabric of their society.
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Which would perhaps be defensible if that was what they aimed for, but these same people claim to stand for order and civility.
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