Two things.
I’ve heard a lot of complaints about how gerrymandering benefits the republicans, yet the same people have no problem believing that Orange County somehow magically turned 100% blue.
If you were confronted with 2/3 of your friends who intensely believe something to be true, even though there was absolutely zero evidence that demonstrated the truth of their belief, what would you do?
2 comments:
I think gerrymandering is common by both parties. The real question is do they both redistrict for the purpose of maintaining power, or is that more common by only one if them?
As to the second question, I guess it would depend upon what was put forth as true, what evidence might exist to the contrary and whether or not that false belief was harmful to those who held it, or to those close to them who didn’t. Some refuse to be convinced regardless.
Of course both parties gerrymander, but somehow it’s only bad when it’s a GOP thing. The point I’m trying to make is that perhaps the fear of gerrymandering is either overblown. I’m just not sure how you take a county that’s been overwhelmingly red and flip it overwhelmingly blue in one election.
For the sake of the second question, let’s assume that the belief in question has absolutely zero evidence to support it, and is contrary to known reality.
It’s not necessarily harmful, and clearly it’s a case of refusal to believe reality.
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