• IcePee@lemmy.beru.co
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    6 months ago

    I think calling conservatives “dumb” is needlessly inflammatory, and what’s worse, is it’s incorrect. They just fall for a common human failing: confirmation bias, amongst other well known fallacies.

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      6 months ago

      “They’re not dumb, they’re just worse at processing information than their other fellow humans.”

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        6 months ago

        That’s just the point. These failings are common. That means we all fall prey to these faults from time to time. Just remember when you point a finger, at least three get pointed back to you.

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      6 months ago

      It’s not our fault reality scares conservatives. It’s their fault for refusing to make friends with what they cannot change. If the unknown scares them so much, what they should do is get familiar, not hostile.

      People who make bad and wrong decisions deserve nothing positive. They deserve to learn why they are bad and wrong.

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      6 months ago

      There is such a thing as self controlled ignorance (or whatever its called), conservitives use it all the time. Someone reminded me what thin excuses manifesting as jokes look like and why they are used.