> I think many people were just so unprepared to hear any argument from an opposing viewpoint that they read into it what they wanted to. also, may be due to b

> I think many people were just so unprepared to hear any argument from an opposing viewpoint that they read into it what they wanted to. also, may be due to backfire effect? Oatmeal did a brilliant job explaining it [0] [0] - http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe