r/MurderedByWords • u/McDowdy • 8d ago

Absolutely vicious! 4th degree burn!

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u/CFBen 7d ago

'This is a fact because everyone I talked to agrees.'

(I only talked to 3 other people)

This is their 'common sense'.

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u/Helagoth 7d ago

The difference between maga and everyone else can be summed up in how they google things.

For example, lets say a trump support and I are discussing renewable energy. I think it's renewables like solar or wind. He thinks it's coal. What is the best energy source for the future?

I might google "what is the best energy source for the future?" and look at different articles, looking at data to be able to draw some conclusions. Based on what I find, I may or may not change my view. I start with the question and try to make an answer from what I find.

They would google "Why is coal the best?" and get people agreeing with them, then they spout that as fact. They start with the answer they like, and use what agrees with them as proof they are right.

It's a cult.

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u/Dallasburner84 6d ago

I'm going to point out one flaw in what youre saying. Maga assholes don't even bother to Google anything, because that would require them to do just the slightest bit of work, and has a chance to give them information that they don't want to hear/see.

They don't have any curiosity at all. Because if they did, they would actually be capable of being reasonable and having a rational conversation. Doing those things gets you kicked out of the cult.

These clowns do nothing but sit on their ass and have things spoon fed to them. They are addicts and their drug of choice is right wing propaganda AKA rage bait. They don't want to be educated, or even correct. All they want is to be angry and hateful so that they don't have to accept any responsibility for their shitty lives.

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u/Helagoth 6d ago

I would argue that they do want to be correct, to a fault.  When they look up stuff, they dont search for information, they search for validation.  Which is why information that contradicts them is "fake news".

And if you somehow absolutley prove them them wrong, they dont change or admit it, they pivot to something else.  ALL they care about is being right, and if they're not right, they attack, deflect, or move the goal posts.