Yeah this is a good example for the conversation on 'the stupidity' in terms of what I mean in the Science vs Religon thread.
The man tries his chance on bullying OP into some brainwashing by openly lying and trying every cliché on the spot and he calls him stupid. That man is not stupid. He couldn't care less about what is he saying, if it is accurate or true or clever or stupid as long as it serves someone agree with him and make his world feel real a bit more. Maybe even get a contact. Exactly like almost half the country who highly likley voted for the same candidate. He just found something common and took a chance. He had no idea of the OP's position and probably he will tell this conversation all his life in his community, lying and changing it completely.
The more interesting part for me is that nonbelievers and secular people are far less likely to take those kind of chances. Because they are less likley to be herded and most importantly they are the traditional unwanted minority.
The worst part, it seems that these kind of attempts actually work in our age more than any other time becuse everyone is looking to be included in some group, to be heard/seen, deem as a valuable for some cause. Most people are isolated by choice in mostly made up paranoia and fear.
On an extreme level, e.i. some Islamic groups do this with women and jobs. Imagine that you are a man with no prospects; no education, looks, you have nothing. You come from the lowest obscure background and the chances that you will have a job, family is almost zero. But if you get included in a religous group and become one of them you can have all of that and maybe even then some. You don't have to do anything out of the norm, just live the way they want you to. That's why radical groups take root without alarming anyone in the West. And they just approach you with the simplest things, casual conversations.
Well, I find this picture very scary. E: I mean, finding it stupid looks very trivial, as if it is accidental or something tragic. It's not. It's perfectly calculated and it works.
