Prayer in schools, etc.

As is so often the case, the conservatives mislead everyone by lying about the facts. They distort, twist, bend, shorten, and manipulate the truth in order to scare you into their way of thinking. 

Have you ever tried to argue with one of them? I have - on a number of occasions - and what makes it so difficult is when they pull this on you without giving you any time to refute. So, you're in the middle of this conversation on climate change and a big lie comes up - "78 percent of scientists agree that global warming is not real because polar bears." And you sit there stunned. This flies in the face of anything YOU'VE ever heard, but you can't recall the facts or the source - what did you read last week? So you avoid the issue - you talk around it - score one for the idiot.

By the time you can get to computer and check the facts, it's too late to argue. They make you feel foolish with their nonsensical made-up facts. And so you avoid the discussion. AND, if by some miracle, they broach a topic you ARE familiar with, they start getting louder and shout you down. They are VERY good at defending their ignorance, trust me on that. I've seen it many times.

You can't fix stupid because stupid to them feels right.