Most people are like this for many issues on either side. If your media outlet isn't pouring kool-aid over your personally held belief it's viewed as suspect. Meanwhile your mind quickly discounts obvious contradictions to your held belief.
Popular contradictions today:
It's a human right to dress and act like any sex one chooses. It's evil and horrible to dress and act like a different race.
Global warming is the biggest threat to mankind. Coming into the office is more important.
Flying around the globe is to talk down to others who are doing more about global warming earns praise.
What wrong with that? We have moral compasses built-in. When someone says that murdering of people is OK, because Russia will be great again, should we throw out our moral beliefs and carefully listen to both sides?
Popular contradictions today: It's a human right to dress and act like any sex one chooses. It's evil and horrible to dress and act like a different race.
Global warming is the biggest threat to mankind. Coming into the office is more important.
Flying around the globe is to talk down to others who are doing more about global warming earns praise.