Bad Science

[darxbane]

Exactly, you need to know the truth in order to twist it, or even avoid it completely.  Then, you have to keep saying the truthiness statement over and over, so more and more people who don't bother to do any research, or who are looking for reasons to validate their beliefs (usually the same type of person), will latch on to it as truth and continue to spread it, like a virus.  A great example of this is how the same people who think the president is a moron also believe he was somehow able to deceive the General Assembly, 90% of the U.N., and the American public into going to war with Iraq.  He must be an idiot Savant!