people believe what they want to believe…

…and it just seems that knowledge, evidence, logic, etc. just makes those people dig in even deeper.

some links i bumbled upon,

The Nation
Rewrite, Sugarcoat, Ignore: 8 Ways Conservatives Misremember American History—for Partisan Gain

Truthout
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult