Once in a while I can’t help seeing our current excremental political situation from the standpoint of the opposition. For example, just yesterday I saw a tweet with a link to an actual story about how American evangelicals could overlook this so-called president’s sexual relations with a porn star because he was subsequently ordained by “God” to become POTUS. How could the views be so different?

from: https://portfoliolongo.com/2016/09/25/eyes-of-the-beholders/

What explains the perceptual and conceptual polarization? I came up with the following explanation, a variation on an earlier explanation.

The earlier explanation:

from: https://portfoliolongo.com/2014/04/01/fud-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt/

Words escape me.