Nothing can dissuade

You know you’re in The Base if you think like this: There are only two sides to every question—right and wrong. Everything is about politics, and politics is war.

Pick your narrative, and never change it (saves energy). You know you can define words better than any highfalutin dictionary. Democrats are socialists and socialists are communists.

The Bible agrees with your opinions. Your chosen leader can do no wrong.

Scientists get a lot of money from the hoax of global warming. Half the country is on the dole.

A good way to learn history is to drive past a mass-produced metal statue of a military leader on a horse. If you don’t like what you hear, it’s fake media. Black people and illegal immigrants cause all the crime. The 10 years of Radical Reconstruction, when blacks voted and ran for office, were the worst thing that ever happened to a losing side in a war.

America was founded as a Christian nation. Christians are persecuted by having to serve customers they disapprove of. People become moral from seeing postings of the Ten Commandments.

You can’t have too many guns or military weapons. All our wars were fought to preserve America’s freedom. Other countries are jealous of us.

If you hear information that contradicts yours: Ignore it, deny it, shout them down, and dig in.

CORALIE KOONCE

Fayetteville