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What era in time do these people think R's are trying to conserve to, after or before civil rights?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Deep in human history, staying in good graces with our tribe was more important to survival than having beliefs be factual. We are genetically hardwired to pull whatever mental gymnastics are required to maintain membership in the tribe, because our ancestors who failed at that died before passing on their genes. It's not really stupidity or incompetence, it's an operating system property.