Embracing Ignorance
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:05 pm
I'm not sure if this video was linked here or not, but since watching it, I've become slightly fixated on its message, which in a nutshell comes down to the right wing not wanting to hear the truth. We know this, because there's no market for it on the right (as Chris Hayes points out in the video).
The right has assumed a particular narrative, which includes the idea that any deviation from their vision of the country will destroy the country. People like this are lunatics. Any extremist is a lunatic. Unbalanced views are invariably wrong.
The biggest clue is in the change in language. The words liberal, progressive, woke, and RINO all mean the same basic things to right wing extremists these days: people they think are destroying the country. It's not enough to have a difference of opinion on policy. To the right, a policy is either helping or DESTROYING!!!! They don't seem to comprehend middle ground. You couldn't get any of them to accurately define compromise.
To me, when I hear words like RINO and woke coming from the right, what I really hear is, "I'm the type of person who embraces ignorance. A conversation with me is useless because I don't deal in facts. I'm driven solely by emotion; intellectual pursuits only get in the way of the fantasy I've invested in. That's why I stick to entertainment for my 'news' (Fox) rather than watching the news."
I have no idea what to do with people who are invested in being stupid. I especially can't understand finding comfort in being angry all the time, especially at things that obviously aren't real.
The right has assumed a particular narrative, which includes the idea that any deviation from their vision of the country will destroy the country. People like this are lunatics. Any extremist is a lunatic. Unbalanced views are invariably wrong.
The biggest clue is in the change in language. The words liberal, progressive, woke, and RINO all mean the same basic things to right wing extremists these days: people they think are destroying the country. It's not enough to have a difference of opinion on policy. To the right, a policy is either helping or DESTROYING!!!! They don't seem to comprehend middle ground. You couldn't get any of them to accurately define compromise.
To me, when I hear words like RINO and woke coming from the right, what I really hear is, "I'm the type of person who embraces ignorance. A conversation with me is useless because I don't deal in facts. I'm driven solely by emotion; intellectual pursuits only get in the way of the fantasy I've invested in. That's why I stick to entertainment for my 'news' (Fox) rather than watching the news."
I have no idea what to do with people who are invested in being stupid. I especially can't understand finding comfort in being angry all the time, especially at things that obviously aren't real.