I read and watch their media all the time: Fox News, Newsmax, OAN, Drudge, NY Post, Trump's Twitter, etc. I used to lurk /r/the_donald on reddit and /pol/ on 4chan back in the day.
I'm fiscally moderate and socially liberal, but...
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I was referring to this:
> that heuristic doesn’t work for anti-maskers.
> I still have trouble understanding how they can think the way they do.
Indeed you have watched some media, and you have observed some behavior, but you are extrapolating that into a confident perception of knowing what an entire group of people comprehensively think and believe, are you not?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind
If you were to observe someone else doing the same but with a different logical grouping, say, by ethnicity or certain religions, would you consider that acceptable?
You: You've probably only skimmed a few articles.
Me: I read their media frequently and in-depth.
You: No, what I meant was the theory of the mind....
Me: Sure, pal.
It's funny because you write as if you can read people's minds, but you're playing it off as if it's me who's being ridiculous.
Examples of mind reading:
- Not being facetious at all, but [that heuristic doesn’t work] for anti-maskers.
- [the information they have] is widely viewable on Trump’s Twitter feed and Newsmax.
- [I know what they know] and I still have trouble understanding how they can [think the way they do].
The amount of people who seem to have this self-perception is starting to look like a fairly substantial percentage of the userbase here. Will be interesting to see if this changes in 2021.