I disagree. A lot of people are getting caught up in the MAGA cult that are just looking for a team that speaks to their ideals (generally more conservative). Calling them dumb by choice and not trying to understand their underlying reasons for subscribing to this particular ideology is really harmful at a societal level.
I live in rural Pennsylvania, which is a very red area. There are hundreds of people I interact with on a daily basis in my local community that are MAGA supporters, and yet are totally normal individuals who happen to have conversative views, so they joined the cult that matches their ideology.
How are we supposed to heal as a nation if we blanket statement say “MAGAs are idiots”? Are some psychopaths being duped in to trump thumping? Sure. But to lump them all in to this crazies category is dangerous, immature, and is low rung political discussion that plagues Reddit and I think Lemmy should be better than that.
This is why intelligent people can be so fucking stupid.
That has more to do with the fact that “smart” in a general sense doesn’t really exist. Having a PhD in Chemistry doesn’t give you any authority in Psychology.
MAGA Hats. Those people are dumb by choice. And that’s less forgivable than people who just don’t know any better.
I disagree. A lot of people are getting caught up in the MAGA cult that are just looking for a team that speaks to their ideals (generally more conservative). Calling them dumb by choice and not trying to understand their underlying reasons for subscribing to this particular ideology is really harmful at a societal level.
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I live in rural Pennsylvania, which is a very red area. There are hundreds of people I interact with on a daily basis in my local community that are MAGA supporters, and yet are totally normal individuals who happen to have conversative views, so they joined the cult that matches their ideology.
How are we supposed to heal as a nation if we blanket statement say “MAGAs are idiots”? Are some psychopaths being duped in to trump thumping? Sure. But to lump them all in to this crazies category is dangerous, immature, and is low rung political discussion that plagues Reddit and I think Lemmy should be better than that.
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They’re proud of it. Trump even saidn"I love the poorly educated"
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That has more to do with the fact that “smart” in a general sense doesn’t really exist. Having a PhD in Chemistry doesn’t give you any authority in Psychology.