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Talking to most people about politics is an exercise in futility.First of all, most people are not politically astute.What you get is people arguing their feelings and parroting things they've heard without having verified the information.You can see this at work when comedians go out and talk to Trump supporters to expose their ignorance.Even if your information is factual and logical, people will fall back on cognitive dissonance and disregard facts and logic.If someone disregards facts and logic, then it's not worth the effort.This is where the John Henrik Clarke quote comes from - "I debate my equals, all others I teach."
Talking to most people about politics is an exercise in futility.
First of all, most people are not politically astute.
What you get is people arguing their feelings and parroting things they've heard without having verified the information.
You can see this at work when comedians go out and talk to Trump supporters to expose their ignorance.
Even if your information is factual and logical, people will fall back on cognitive dissonance and disregard facts and logic.
If someone disregards facts and logic, then it's not worth the effort.
This is where the John Henrik Clarke quote comes from - "I debate my equals, all others I teach."
