My personal take on life is that humans by nature are often prone to makeup their own narratives, I.E. 'truths'.
Often these self-constructed 'truths' are comfort blankets for a deeply embedded need to: mistrust and demonize ideas, peoples & belief systems, that present uncomfortable truths to the individual. When presented with ideas that are foreign to their emotional wishes & needs, people will then often make up a complex narrative on why such-and-such isn't true and is actually 'the enemy'.
Often these self-constructed 'truths' are comfort blankets for a deeply embedded need to: mistrust and demonize ideas, peoples & belief systems, that present uncomfortable truths to the individual. When presented with ideas that are foreign to their emotional wishes & needs, people will then often make up a complex narrative on why such-and-such isn't true and is actually 'the enemy'.