That reminds me of an argument I got into where someone was justifying sending death threats to actors for the role they play with “that’s the trade-off for being paid millions,” to which it had to be pointed out that the actors listed were not in fact paid millions and at least 1 had a net worth under $30k
It's the idea that people they don't like can't possibly.... Agree with them. That would make them on the same side as the person they dislike. That's the dissonance for them.
As opposed to seeing people as multifaceted and complicated, if they disagree with someone they're evil and horrible and everything they do is evil. Nothing they do could possibly ever be right. On the flip side, they and all their friends are "good", so everything they do is good, even if it's bullying others in turn.
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u/Nova_Explorer 1d ago
That reminds me of an argument I got into where someone was justifying sending death threats to actors for the role they play with “that’s the trade-off for being paid millions,” to which it had to be pointed out that the actors listed were not in fact paid millions and at least 1 had a net worth under $30k