This is one of the biggest aha moments for me regarding MAGA (and many groups like them). It’s all a form of theater to them, similar to pro wrestling. They use words as shorthand.
Instead of looking at someone’s behavior and deciding what words are fit to describe them, they do the opposite. They take the words* already associated with that person and use that to assume their behavior. That makes it very easy to foster their collective tribalism and also makes it very easy to fit yourself into their movement when you know the right words to use to describe yourself (making it an incredibly ripe environment for conmen and corruption).
There are elements of this way of thinking on the left but it is not nearly as promenent, I believe because to be on the left you have to be open to nuance and willing/able to consider complicated ideas in order to be able to seriously consider leftist positions.
*It must be noted also depends on their understanding of the word as well, but the point still stands - they make assumptions based on their understanding of the noun. It’s real mushy-brained behavior.
This is why they hate science as well. Instead of using evidence to come to a conclusion, they start with the conclusion and twist evidence to fit the presumed conclusion.
This is one of the biggest aha moments for me regarding MAGA (and many groups like them). It’s all a form of theater to them, similar to pro wrestling. They use words as shorthand.
Instead of looking at someone’s behavior and deciding what words are fit to describe them, they do the opposite. They take the words* already associated with that person and use that to assume their behavior. That makes it very easy to foster their collective tribalism and also makes it very easy to fit yourself into their movement when you know the right words to use to describe yourself (making it an incredibly ripe environment for conmen and corruption).
There are elements of this way of thinking on the left but it is not nearly as promenent, I believe because to be on the left you have to be open to nuance and willing/able to consider complicated ideas in order to be able to seriously consider leftist positions.
*It must be noted also depends on their understanding of the word as well, but the point still stands - they make assumptions based on their understanding of the noun. It’s real mushy-brained behavior.
This is why they hate science as well. Instead of using evidence to come to a conclusion, they start with the conclusion and twist evidence to fit the presumed conclusion.
Cant tell if sarcasm or you deal with bad science. You dont define success before the study/evidence is gathered?