by Albin Sadar
Even when truth is plain, stupidity makes the obvious invisible to too many.
Consistently, and even as recently as the State of the Union address, President Donald Trump has not minced words when speaking about issues that are obviously dangerous and destructive to America.
So, how is it possible, then, that with so many of these outlandish, persistent issues, ordinary folks seem to be missing the blatantly obvious? For example, why do everyday Americans listen to the twisted “logic” of the woke mindset and not say, “What? That doesn’t even make sense!”
Think about the waywardness of woke thinking when it comes to addressing three extremely simple, straightforward ideas posited by President Trump:
“There are two sexes.”
“Men masquerading as women do not belong in women’s sports.”
“The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”
To an overwhelming majority of people, these questions are answered simply: yes.
And even if we currently live in a world that pressures people to question these basic truths, once brought into the light of a public forum, should we not expect that any observer would exclaim, “Of course! I see that! In fact, I knew that all along!”
When using a rational mind, people store away what they have seen or heard so that when the same or a similar experience presents itself, they can deal with the new event, evidence, or fact rationally. At least, that’s the way learning is supposed to work—and is even designed to work.
Can an irrational thought process, then, help to explain how a person can see something that’s plain as day but not interpret it correctly? And can that way of thinking sometimes be due to “mass psychosis,” in which, according to one definition, there is “a collective behavior where a large group of people loses touch with reality”?
Of course, there will always be people who are self-deluded or downright wicked who know that what they are saying or doing is wrong but, for their own profit or self-aggrandizement, surround themselves with gullible and vulnerable minions.
However, in this limited diagnosis of why people miss the obvious contradictions of woke logic (and setting aside the nefarious reasons that people become misguided), I offer insight from the great Christian martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Perhaps Bonhoeffer’s blunt observation made in 1940s Germany zeroes in on what’s at the heart of rabid woke adherence today. These prescient words are found in Bonhoeffer’s Letters and Papers from Prison, in a section called “On Stupidity”:
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force.
“Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease.
“Against stupidity we are defenseless.
“Neither protests nor the use of force accomplishes anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed—in such moments, the stupid person even becomes critical—and when facts are irrefutable, they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental.
“In all this, the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack.
“For this reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one.
“Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”
In modern-day vernacular, this observation has been whittled all the way down to the phrase, “You can’t fix stupid.”
So, is it that simple? Does the reason why so many don’t understand that “there are two sexes” and that “the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens” come down to one obvious answer?
Stupidity?
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A version of this article appeared originally at American Thinker.
Albin Sadarr is the producer of "The Eric Metaxas Show," heard daily coast to coast on over 300 radio stations on the Salem Radio Network.
Source: https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/07/once-the-obvious-is-exposed-why-doesnt-it-sink-in/
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