[NickC25]

>... It is an identity marker. It doesn’t even really matter what the policies are....They simply don’t connect their political beliefs to their reality.

In other words, they're stupid.

[disgruntledphd2]

Hilariously enough, people with a higher IQ are actually much better at rationalising these sorts of contradictions.

(You could call this depressing I suppose, but I prefer to laugh).