re: #471 EPR-radar

Tribal politics 101. Movement conservatives in the US believe that they and everything they do is good, and that liberals and everything liberals do is evil. Once that attitude is fully adopted, debates, arguments to rationally justify public policy positions, political compromise, etc. all become completely irrelevant and are totally opposed.

I work in a very Republican area and have RWNJ coworkers. While I avoid talking politics at work, they know I’m a liberal (I complained about a TV in the lab playing FOX all day). At least some have realized liberals don’t match the caricature they’re been fed.

And when they discover I’m knowledgeable (to a greater extent than they are) about issues it seems to disturb them even more.