SolacefromSilence

Since then it looks like the Republicans became Democrats and Democrats became Whigs.

Get in loser, we’re starting a new party

You’re trying to understand the logic behind motivated reasoning. They knew the conclusion they wanted, so they constructed a fig leaf of an argument that 1/3 of people would cheer, 1/3 would defer to the tortured logic by habit of deference to authority, and 1/3 would protest while being alienated from the whole.

It’s interesting that their water treatment district in literally fighting to do the least they can. It’s not that way everywhere.