Donald Trump may well be an idiot, and his faithful supporters may well be as smart as a pocket of potatoes when we add all their IQs, but… when something seems too good to be true, when it confirms what we believe or would like to believe, it probably is too good to be true. In other words, it isn’t true. We can all be victims of confirmation bias.
Case in point, there are plenty of memes and articles going around mocking Trump supporters for believing that he will be reinstated in August. He really said that he would, but that doesn’t mean he believes it. He probably isn’t that stupid. But wouldn’t we all on the left want to believe that his supporters really are that stupid?
So a Facebook friend tried to pass this off as if these are real tickets… I did not see one commenter who didn’t believe it. (Still about 26 days to go of my ban so I can’t point it out myself…)
The Dog Groomer just purchased 2 tickets to Dumpy’s second inauguration that will supposedly take place at noon, August 15, 2021, in front of the Capitol steps! He’s taking Mother-in-Law!
Total price $2400.00!
But a quick image search led me to the template on this page…
Let’s not be so credulous, huh? If you look at the version he shared, it isn’t even a good Photoshop… The third-last line should also be visible in the bottom ticket, but whoever made the image didn’t bother with it.
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