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by concordDance 2172 days ago
They often see a factual basis.

For instance the young earth creations could go into a great deal of depth about various topics in archaelogy, geology and ancient texts. It wasn't a blind belief, they had been exposed to arguments/evidence that had reinforced their pre-existing beliefs.

The people believing in pizzagate and deliberate SARS importing are a tiny minority of the american right-wing voting population. Try talking to a more random sampling of them (a gaming Discord for instance), you'll be pleasantly surprised!