The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York, once said, “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.”

I was reminded of this a couple of weeks ago when a member of our regular foursome showed up at the golf course wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap.  Knowing my head would not be in the game, I informed the others I would not be joining them.  When asked why, I responded I did not want to be near a reminder the presumptive nominee of a major political party saw no problem re-tweeting an anti-Semitic image which originated in a neo-Nazi chat room.

The Trump supporter’s counter? “I don’t believe you.”  I offered to send him the URL so he could see for himself.  [NOTE:  The image was originally posted on 8ch.net/pol/ on June 22, 2016.  It has since been deleted, but the page was archived here and can be viewed near the bottom of the page.  Additionally, the Twitter account of the person who created the graphic @fishbonehead1 was removed by Twitter for posting racist material.]  Donald Trump re-tweeted the image on July 2, 2016.

The Trumpster turned and walked away.  I asked, “Don’t you care your candidate does this and then claims it was made with a Microsoft shape or was really a sheriff’s badge?”  [NOTE: The logo of the National Sheriffs’ Association is a five pointed star.  And those police departments with six pointed stars ALL have the circles attached to the ends of each point.] In line with Trump culture, rather than face the facts, he suggested I needed to get back on my meds.

Robert A. Heinlien was right.  In his book Time Enough for Love, he states.

“…[A] fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

Rather than direct other Trump followers to facts which contradict their candidate’s accusations and falsehoods, I decided a better use of my time was advising my friends to buy stock in Kraft Foods, the maker of Kool-Aid.  The demand must be extremely high these days.

For what it’s worth.
Dr. ESP