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b'"Welcome to the world of reality denial, where truth is subordinate to ideology, feelings have more weight than evidence, and democracy hangs in the balance\\u201d. We are in a disinformation war in America where the goal of those creating the lies is not just to get us to question some particular fact - vaccines don\\u2019t work, covid isn\\u2019t real, the election was stolen - but to question your trust in people who might tell you the truth. As Lee says, \\u201cDon\\u2019t just lie - Polarize.\\u201d The right has done this incredibly well by exploiting preexisting grievances and resentments to form a community around the \\u201cus against them\\u201d narrative where the other side isn\\u2019t just biased, they\\u2019re evil. So what do we do when doubt can be overcome by evidence but trust can not. How do you get people to believe the truth then their very identity is wrapped up in NOT believing it?\\ufeff\\n\\nAs always, if you enjoy what we do, please consider SUBSCRIBING to PoliticsGirl Premium. You\\u2019ll get this podcast ad free, along with a bunch of other perks, including the knowledge that you\\u2019re allowing us to keep bringing you the best content possible. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!!\\n\\nThanks so much! xoPG\\n\\nMERCH STORE NOW OPEN: Check it out at: https://www.politicsgirl.com/store\\n\\nGuest social:\\nLee Cameron McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and an Instructor in Ethics at Harvard Extension School.\\n\\nhttps://leemcintyrebooks.com/\\nTwitter: \\t@LeeCMcIntyre\\n\\nAs always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward!\\n\\xa0\\nAll show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl\\n\\nThis episode is sponsored by\\u2026\\nhttps://thrivecausemetics.com/politicsgirl\\xa0\\nhttps://lomi.com/politicsgirl Code: politicsgirl\\nhttps://shopbeam.com/politicsgirl Code: CYBER\\nhttps://trymiracle.com/politicsgirl Code: PoliticsGirl'