To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture. -Thomas Paine So one thing that has really frustrated me about Trump supporters and about Trump himself is the level to which they are disconnected from reality. I mean at first I was actually surprised--stunned--that so many people could believe something so different from what is actually the case. But as time has gone on and I've thought about it more, I should actually be surprised if they were grounded in reality. And this is because their most fundamental beliefs are not grounded in reality at all. Consider the statistics on how religious people voted . A majority of Christians voted for Trump. An overwhelming majority of Mormons did. Clinton did get a majority of Jews and other religious people. I believe the best explanation for this is
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