Misconceptions

Every war we wage is just.
Every violent act against us is unjust.
A life sacrificed to the economy = a life sacrificed for the greater good.
Every cut to social security and medicare was to balance the budget.
Every bailout to the rich will trickle down.  
We shouldn't believe women because they are slanderers.  
We live in the greatest country in the world.  
(and the freest.)  
The democratic party is progressive.
The republican party is libertarian.  
Giving homes to the homeless, food to the hungry, and medicine to the sick is too expensive so we shouldn't even try.
Vote for us because the other guys are evil.
Rationing healthcare by wealth is better than rationing by need.
You shouldn't run or support a candidate and ideas that we don't believe in because they are not electable and they spoil the vote.  
Socialism/communism = authoritarianism  
Lincoln was a conservative  
Lincoln was moderate.
We fixed racism and sexism.  
The electoral college helps smaller states.
You only support the ideas you say you believe in because it is politically expedient.  
People who do drugs are evil.
people who cross the border are criminals and are taking our jobs.
When other countries succeed its capitalism
when they fail its socialism.
Hitler was a socialist
Obama is a progressive.
Elizabeth Warren is a progressive.
All votes are equal.
$7.25 is a perfectly livable wage anyone who wants more is greedy. Raising it will raise prices and there is nothing we can do to fight those price changes so again we shouldn't even try.
If you don't support wars you don't support the troops and are therefore unamerican.
Global warming is a hoax.
Religion does not separate us it actually brings us together.
Humans are more than one race.
The dark ages were dark because Europe was dark and Europe was the forefront of technology philosophy science and medicine.
The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle between the evil Persians and the good greeks.
Global warming is not a hoax and is a serious threat, but we need incremental change and not action right now.
We are a first world country and all other countries that are not (Western European) are third world.
Governments always = the will of the people.
Palestinians are anti-Jewish terrorists.
BLM is a black supremacy group.
There is no systemic racism in the US just situational racism.
"Medicare for all" is more expensive than our current system.
Russia and China are evil.
Dictators cannot do good things.
everything is black and white.
I'm right. you're wrong and if you are emotionally invested then you are not thinking clearly.