Hello cloud9,
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cloud9
facts can be threatening to ideologies so people reject them.
a fact, being true, carries a lot of ideological power, it can be highly disruptive to an ideology the fact is contrary to.
it doesn't mean the ideology is wrong, though, it may be only superficially opposed by the fact, but still very difficult to counter.
so, smart people learn to be careful around facts.
but a dumb ideology is most dangerous of all, because it will reject a lot of important facts.
so, try not to have any dumb ideologies.
The problem for right wing extremists is they abandoned facts way back when we tried to tell them that humans have caused climate change and we have to adjust the way we process energy. Once the hard right figured out they don't have to argue what to do about a problem if they simply deny the problem exists, they adopted the new strategy of simply denying facts.
That disastrous ideology has expanded into nearly every issue since. Instead of arguing with the left, they don't even listen to the left. Instead, they make up their own version of what the left says and respond to that.
The right knows that if they accept facts, they lose the argument of what to do about the big issues.
So they just poison the whole debate from the outset. That way they can't lose. (In their minds) In reality, we all lose because we can't make any progress.
Vitally important issues go unaddressed because the only way for either side to get anything done is without the consent of the other side. If one side gets the majority and tries to pass something, the other side works to undo it, or make sure it does not succeed.
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