I can count on one hand the number of people I know who have ever considered counter arguments to their own points.
Relatively speaking, logical reasoning to justify decisions/beliefs is a new concept for humans. Its not built in for us. The vast majority of people make a decision based on their feelings and then try and find arguments to defend it after the fact. And they'll latch onto whatever shit you give them - no matter how stupid or flawed.
And even when they have good arguments, they don't know why those arguments are better than others. Its often just entirely coincidental that they have such a strong argument backing up their feelings.
Just because both positions aren't equal, doesnt mean the average person from both sides isnt equally illogical. It just so happens that one of them has lucked into being right.
While there are irrational people belonging to every political party, there are political parties that attract a disproportionate amount of irrational people. The US Republican party attracts far more irrational people than most political parties around the world including the Democratic party.
Your argument is like defending a cult committing mass suicide because budhists also exist. Not every belief system is equal even if none are perfect.
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u/freecodeio 4d ago
I just realized this by the video. They're clearly communicating and seeing the big picture together.