• @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    641 day ago

    They believe whatever sounds more exciting to them. It’s a fantasy world all the way down. Climate change doesn’t sound interesting, so they instead say that it’s part of a weather manipulation scheme spearheaded by the Democrats.

    • @mriswith@lemmy.world
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      111 day ago

      More accurately, they don’t think they can be wrong about anything. So when they’re shown to be wrong or don’t understand something, they make up a fantasy where they’re correct.

    • @Sightline@lemmy.world
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      421 day ago

      IMO it has nothing to do with being interesting, it’s about not admitting they’ve been wrong this entire time.

      • @AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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        114 hours ago

        To be fair, it is difficult to rebuild one’s understanding of the world after finding out that your previous understanding was built on fundamentally wrong ideas. Not that I’m excusing people who respond to cognitive dissonance by digging deeper into willful ignorance — after all, the reason why I know it’s hard is because I’ve done that work myself (a couple of times). I do have some sympathy though.

      • @orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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        141 day ago

        Why not both? If they keep pursuing some set of tangents, they never have to admit anything to anyone. They’ll just keep moving the goalposts.

    • @breecher@sh.itjust.works
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      Reality is complex and confusing and requires you to actually learn stuff, which is hard. Blame everything on an evil conspiracy, preferably perpetrated by the minority you hate the most, and the world is suddenly manageable and understandable. The solution is easy, get rid of said minority and everything will be fine again.

    • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      101 day ago

      If they acknowledge climate sciences, they have to acknowledge other sciences as well. It’s a slippery slope, so it’s probably the gay’s fault.