We Talk Friday
(WTF)
This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might be heavier - regardless of the content topic itself though, just have some fun engaging and discussing with whoever happens to put in the effort in the comments section below.
I haven't WTF'd for a few weeks, so I thought I would pick it up with a little political question for Trump supporters. There are plenty here on Hive and they have often been outspoken on a number of topics, including often citing various conspiracies about Jewish global domination and Zionists and lot of antisemitic trope. My question is,
When Netanyahu says, you aren't MAGA unless you support Israel, how do you feel?
It is pretty obvious the Trump administration is supporting the Israeli position, so does this change your mind about Trump, or about Israel, or about anything at all? Do you compartmentalise these events so you don't feel the conflict, or do you change the story you tell yourself to consolidate the conflicting positions into some kind of coherent end game theory?
Get ten people in a room and you will have ten different belief systems, even if much of it overlaps. However, a belief system with clear evidence to the contrary proving it false, makes it a delusion, doesn't it? The "delusional left" is a good example of how truth can be lost in favour of opinion, and the "delusional right" is giving a second opinion in support of being delusional.
I have always found it interesting how we as humans can hold two conflicting beliefs simultaneously, and find ways to overcome the cognitive dissonance it creates. We are masters of avoidance, seeing what we want to see, rather than what is actually there in front of us.
It is possible to avoid the dissonance by focusing on what Netanyahu said and saying he is wrong, but the fact still remains that Trump is in obvious support of what is some pretty questionable behaviour, from a group that many Trump supporters are (or were) heavily against earlier.
Do you feel betrayed?
Perhaps not. Maybe instead you focus on the parts he is doing that you supported earlier, like with deporting immigrants. But, is it possible to ignore all the other conflicts?
I don't know.
But I am interested in hearing what people think of all of this, whether Trump supporter or not, because I believe that discussing things openly is an integral part of a healthy society. So many of the problems we have, is because of social suppression of the conversations we should be having publicly. I don't care "what side" you are on, I am interested in how it all makes you feel.
Taraz
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