They think they are this stupid. This “no u” thing is just them trying to reinforce their goodies vs baddies worldview. They say this not to convince you, but to convince themselves. Reality is anathema to liberals and they must destroy it whenever they encounter it.
Approaching their arguments from a position of “I’m only saying this to protect my ego/worldview” has a lot more success than actually treating their arguments as actual ideas they think are factual. Similar to dealing with conspiracy theorists. They believe things that make them feel good, not things that are factual (and unpleasant). And on some level they assume everyone else does the same, which is why we are either evil monsters for “supporting Putin” or whatever unsubstantiated accusation they want to hurl at us, or we are simply lying and believe the same feel good things they do, and are just being jerks and trolls to trick them.
They think they are this stupid. This “no u” thing is just them trying to reinforce their goodies vs baddies worldview. They say this not to convince you, but to convince themselves. Reality is anathema to liberals and they must destroy it whenever they encounter it.
Honestly, that probably explains 9/10ths of the liberal mindset.
Approaching their arguments from a position of “I’m only saying this to protect my ego/worldview” has a lot more success than actually treating their arguments as actual ideas they think are factual. Similar to dealing with conspiracy theorists. They believe things that make them feel good, not things that are factual (and unpleasant). And on some level they assume everyone else does the same, which is why we are either evil monsters for “supporting Putin” or whatever unsubstantiated accusation they want to hurl at us, or we are simply lying and believe the same feel good things they do, and are just being jerks and trolls to trick them.