Gotcha

Dean Withers is a very bright 20 year old who uses facts and critical thinking to dismantle Trump supporters often much older than him on his YouTube channel. He leads them into corners where they cannot escape and they invariably become frustrated once he administers the 'coup de grace'. 

I came upon his show and watched a few clips because I am fascinated by willful ignorance. We live in an era that gleefully bathes in it and where reading and research give way to conspiracy theory. Your opinion is as good as any and whataboutisms serve as counter for facts we don't like. 

Willful ignorance can also be called stupidity because you work backwards from a desired outcome to fabricate a narrative that holds up for you. It need not matter if you can defend it so bluster and repetition will suffice instead.

Dean's callers are the epitome of the Trump base with the same talking points and he handles them deftly with a patience I no longer possess and perhaps never did. 

How we got here took decades and it's not because people are becoming dumber. It is instead that the ignorant have become emboldened by compatriots on social media whose chutzpah they admire. Say anything with enough conviction and it will pass the veracity test which is what Roy Cohn taught a young Trump. 

Look up Dean and watch him go to work.