More cult. Cults are literally brainwashing. The TV brain washes you into their cult. If you had no other source, you could imagine how people are sucked in. Leaving cults takes deep deprogramming. I don’t wonder if you pretended to be interested and asked them to show you how all they think is true, as if they were winning you over.

Eta: disclaimer, I don’t in any way think that excuses their behaviour.