The Democrats Assume That a List of Credentialed 'Experts' Is Convincing
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What is it about Democrats/liberals that makes them think that multiplying by zero equals anything but zero?

By now anybody who isn’t brainwashed knows that “expert” when attached to a political dispute is just another word for “person who agrees with me,” And that credentials are little more than sanewashing otherwise indefensible positions such as “a woman is a person/thing/object which claims to be female.” 





Attach a prestigious credential, multiply the number of credentialed people repeating the same thing, and the credibility level that should be attached to a statement made by them should still be zero. Zip. Nada. Bupkis. 

Worthless. 

Experts gave us a long series of lies, half-truths, fact checks that were complete BS, “misinformation” censors, and countless letters assuring us that some falsehood is completely, unquestionably true. 

If experts were to be believed every coastal city would be underwater, the Maldives would be submerged, Hunter Biden would be clean as the driven snow, and Joe Biden would still be doing handstands while reciting Homer in the original Greek. 

Expertise is not necessarily worthless, but if you doubt me about how insane and corrupt our current “expert” class in matters of politics and policy, I would be happy to give you a lesson or 10. 

The only reason why so many people still listen to these people is that it gives them cover to continue to pretend to believe what they have already decided to believe. We all want our opinions confirmed, and all get deeply uncomfortable when something doesn’t fit into our view of how the world does or should work. You and I are just as susceptible to that, I am afraid. It is how our brains work. 





The difference is whether you are willing to rethink your assumptions when the evidence stacks up. Most people aren’t, I am afraid, or at the very least it takes a long time and they rarely jump from “this was an error but the intentions behind it were good” to “the bastards are lying.”

Sometimes the former is true, but often the latter is. 

Finding the truth may be a team sport–none of us can do so on our own–but supporting the team over reality is a mistake. I made that one supporting George Bush and the Iraq war, and the consequences of that mistake were enormous. Democrats made it with COVID,  and I can’t wait for them to admit it. 

Letters from “experts?” They add nothing to the conversation. They are as trustworthy as the FEMA guy who passes by your home because you have a Trump sign in front of it.