Sometimes someone will say: "I explicitly do not support X. I do support some things related to X", and then the response is "That guy's an X supporter!"
I've seen this a lot with discussions around racism/trump, on both sides of the political spectrum. What's going on under...
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It seems like people are assuming that lots of people are actually (for example) trump supporters, know they're trump supporters, and are actively attempting to hide it from people, and 'giving it away' through other ideological hints.
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In this world, ideological hints are equivalent to proof of actual support of the thing. What's going on here? Are there any studies on this? What personality types are more likely to do this? Is there any evolutionary benefit for this? Are hints ever reliable in this way?
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I think because people are oversensitive to possible motte and bailey situations which are more frequent than not.
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Related tweet I saw and responded to recently:
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As someone else mentioned, Eric Weinstein has had a couple great podcasts on preference falsification, particularly the one with Timur Kuran. It's definitely worth a listen.