It is way of wanting to be that I can't wrap my head around. I know it is not a new phenomenon as the colloquialism "Ignorance is bliss" wasn't coined recently.
Decades and decades ago there was a comedy show in the UK by the troop Spitting Image. They are the same ones who did the puppet work for the music video of Land of Confusion by Genesis. In their show, they had a skit with Ronald Reagan pointing his TV remote at a microwave oven and complaining that nothing was happening in the show. Nancy Reagan said in a sweet voice "that's the microwave, dear". Ronald Reagan said "Oh" and again aimed the remote at the microwave only to still be disappointed. Nancy Reagan says "that is still the microwave". Ronald Reagan replies "it is the microwave on two channels?!?".
That skit reminds me of this place, except they have the power to block Nancy Reagan's pointing out the obvious issue. There was a story in this thread about someone getting swept up by ICE and their family went to a judge to show he was American. The judge said the proof was great but he was being held by ICE and he wasn't an immigration judge. That judge didn't have jurisdiction. The family had to show those exact documents to an immigration judge. Fish then went off on a screed how birth certificates weren't good enough, and social security cards weren't good enough, and green cards weren't good enough, and library cards weren't good enough, and drivers licenses weren't good enough, and grocery store points cards weren't good enough. I know some of the lefties in this place understood that when the judge said he wasn't an immigration judge, they understood the problem wasn't with birth certificates, etc. None of them spoke up because they seem to have a "no telling anyone they are trying to use a TV remote on the microwave" rule, and anyone who would point out the obvious gets labeled a troll.
The skit wasn't part of this music video, but the video is still a good one.
