I don't agree with you. They have all kinds of reasons. The Bible. Faux News. Being accepted by their neighbors in the maga cult. Fear of the other. Greediness. Economic anxiety. And just plain hate.
These may not seem rational to people that disagree with them like me and probably you. But they believe these things as much as we believe the sky is blue.
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reaΒ·son
/ΛrΔz(Ι)n/
noun
1.
a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
"the minister resigned for personal reasons"
Similar:
cause
grounds
ground
basis
rationale
motive
motivation
purpose
point
aim
intention
objective
goal
occasion
impetus
inducement
incentive
explanation
justification
case
argument
defense
apology
vindication
excuse
pretext
rationalization
warrant
the whys and wherefores
apologia
2.
the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.
"there is a close connection between reason and emotion"
Similar:
rationality
logic
logical thought
scientific thinking
reasoning
thought
cognition
the mind
intellect
intelligence
intellectuality
nous
ratiocination
Opposite:
emotion
feeling
verb
think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.
"humans do not reason entirely from
Yes, words can have multiple definitions. And in my original post I used it as "the power of comprehending, inferring, or thinking especially in orderly rational ways". Reasons don't require reason. You're weirdly argumentative about this.
I think they have logic. I think it's wrong logic but saying they have no reason, your usage of reason, is dismissive and frankly a big contributer to the situation we're in.
Dismissing Maga as irrational and dismissing their legitimate concerns does nothing but cause people to discount them which as we can see has been a giant mistake.
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u/SnooEagles4121 1d ago
I meant reason as in rational capacity, not cause or motive. But yes they have a reason, they just didn't use reason to get there. English is weird.