To be honest, I kind of think it's a combination of both #2 and #3. They know they're lying. But they also believe, and they want everyone else to believe, tha

To be honest, I kind of think it's a combination of both #2 and #3. They know they're lying. But they also believe, and they want everyone else to believe, that anyone who disagrees with them is subhuman, inconsequential.