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In reply to the discussion: I'm from the south. [View all]rrneck
(17,671 posts)Unfortunately logic has very little to with it. Politics is really just another religion. And just like almost every religion its devotees have various motivations for their devotion. Most people mean well, some go along for the ride, and others leverage it for social advantage.
In fact, everybody exhibits some degree of all those motivations and no doubt more than I can name typing on a phone. That's where all those One True Scotsman fallacies come from.
The only difference between "Keith" and "Rush" is that Keith told me what I wanted to hear and lambasted Rush. They both make money and ratings telling people what they want to hear.
There are tons of fine people of every political persuasion. Sometimes when we see the how shallow our beliefs are, we can see through the "plumage" of others and find common ground.