I'm too am aware of the research surrounding the behaviors on the internet and with social media.  Right now my focus has had to switch to how does one convince conservative legislators that their attempts to enforce their world view in the real world will rebound badly on their communities.  The major problem seems to be how the underlying insecurity is expressed,  and that seems to be through numbers, but only numbers they generate to support their world view.   I have seen this numbers thing repeatedly expressed on this website.  It's why Trump can't get past his poll ratings and the number of people who attend his rallies. Montana is facing a disaster if we can't convince the GOP members of the legislature they need to convene a special session to deal with a monstrous budget shortfall because of the worst fire season the State has ever seen.  The solution seems to be to force mandatory budget cuts which will devastate social service programs.  That is a big mistake.