It’s not productive to call them stupid.

Very few learn from books, most learn from trusting someone’s words. That’s why you generally remember your favourite teachers and not your favourite classes or subjects.

These kids were taught to follow the doctrine, not because anyone actively took them in, but because there are very few of us to guide young folks through what we now know is soft propaganda, propaganda without a concrete agenda.

It happened to me as very young man to see Rush Limbaugh and think “he makes sense”. Fortunately, my dad was there to get me to think about what was being said. It later happened to my own boys with some youtubers like Sargon of Akad. And I’m glad I was there to help them sort out the message from the delivery.

But there are so, so many kids out there with absolutely no guidance, eating anything on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

And women and girls aren’t exempt from this, they are fed a constant stream of terrible information about what they should wear, how to behave, what their role is, etc. Women are in even greater danger, because truly strong role models are fewer for them and the messaging for girls is insidious and pervasive.

So if you find a young person who is starting to buy into the FUD conservative sources love to sling, don’t call them stupid. Sit down with them and talk, be an alternative to the garbage.