People aren't 'thick', they just get lied to and have their trust abused. The small number of falsehoods in this letter are all down to 'newspapers' printing/publishing (online) total nonsense.
As sweeping generalisations go, that's a corker. Some people are very thick. Many people are quite thick. That's why it's possible to lie to them, and for them to believe it anyway.
People aren't 'thick', they just get lied to and have their trust abused. The small number of falsehoods in this letter are all down to 'newspapers' printing/publishing (online) total nonsense.