E.g. abortion rights, anti-LGBTQ, contempt for atheism, Christian nationalism, etc.

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    11 months ago

    Disagree. They just believe what they believe for “non-rational” reasons. Often social or emotional reasons that they aren’t explicitly aware of. We all do this.

    It doesn’t make them incapable of reason.

    Fundamentally I don’t believe that a large proportion of humanity is “stupid.” I think that’s pretty narcissistic.

    And this attitude often seeps into the continuously fact quoting method. Which basically makes the whole thing a non starter