Yesterday at a lunch table discussion

[usonian]

2. The cult of MAGA is all about blame.

Never about taking responsibility, logic or statistical good sense.

It's always SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.

It's always "WHAT ABOUT" that one outlier that is then applied to an entire population. (one vaccine reaction, one Willie Horton ....)

And that is the nature of the cult. It plays upon key cognitive biases. (1), projecting one's failures, weaknesses and fears onto another, and substituting "don't make me think" groupthink distortions. (okay, lies).

This is deeply rooted in their mental operating system, and since the other key failure is the biggie: DENIAL, they are immune to logic, if not disease.

Best to ignore if you can. Because whatever you say will be labeled lies by the denial machine. Cults live by contradiction and root out logic and truth.