So, I have to admit, if there’s a crazy guy on one street corner yelling “2 + 2 = 4,” and another down the street yelling “2 + 2 = elephant,” I will be more interested in elephant dude. More curious to figure our what’s wrong with him, how he’s managed to stay alive for so long, etc. More curious to know his opinion of 2 * 2 and 2 + 3. Definitely not going argue or push back much on the elephant claim, though.

I can imagine that political reporters, inundated with the same bland, boilerplate statements over the past two decades, would be fascinated by people spouting obvious sociopathic garbage. It does seem irresponsible to entertain that fascination, when you know that a certain part of the population can’t recognize it as obvious sociopathic garbage.