I think, and I wish there was a way to make this sound nicer, most people don’t have belief systems. They have individual beliefs but there’s no real effort to make them gel nor any real concern about the contradictions.
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To me being friends with MAGA reinforces their rationalization that demeaning others is just harmless "trash talk." It’s like joking with a friend about Patriots fans being demons, everyone knows it’s not serious so they’re not bad people. They want to believe their rhetoric causes no real harm.
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It’s entirely foreign to me that someone wouldn’t. So much so that I can’t really imagine such a person except as an idiot or sociopath. That leads me to wonder if it’s an argument we assert to make ourselves feel better.