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> Well, they take the perspective that the "other team" is hurting the country, so hurting them helps the country. It seems like the perspective gets taken to
by bellyfullofbac 5y ago
> Well, they take the perspective that the "other team" is hurting the country, so hurting them helps the country.
It seems like the perspective gets taken to - as I write above - justify, after-the-fact, "why I've decided the same way my herd decided". There is a lot of grasping for easy answers ("Yeah, he must be being controlled by China, that's a good enough answer for me!") and cognitive dissonnace when challenged, that usually ends with people being angry so the challenger stops..
- asdfman123 5y agoWhen you view something as extremely morally important, you're willing to cross a lot of moral boundaries and make a lot of rationalizations. Full moral consistency is almost impossible: you're always balancing self-interests with other higher ideals, etc., and there's always some dissonance. This is just a more problematic example of people striking that kind of moral balance.