Logic? Critical thinking? Truth? Forget it. What counts is the narrative. People adopt a narrative that suits them and select a few facts to convince themselves they are right. Palestinians can fake atrocities and victimization and the media and public lap it up unquestioningly because it fits the accepted narrative even if it is blatantly false. Muslims can insist that Islam is the religion of peace because, despite constant evidence of practices and preaching to the contrary, people won’t abandon that comfortable narrative. Obama, his wife, his pastor, and many of his followers can vilify America with impunity, even when their charges are demonstrably false, because the accepted narrative says that’s OK because they’re blacks. Rarely can critical thinking trump the narrative, the Big Lie, whatever you want to call it. So why do we persist in trying?
