The decision re: witnesses in Trump’s impeachment illustrates the high levels of partisan polarization in the US. In other contexts, getting more evidence before a decision is common sense. But here, caing witnessed feels like a loss for republicans. And losing is... 1/4
...the very worst outcome. Not because of any high minded ideological reason, for calling witnesses doesn’t determine the trial’s outcome—after all, the republicans still control the senate. No, calling witnesses means “they” win and “we” lose. 2/4
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That’s the outcome that can’t be tolerated. That’s the outcome that must be resisted even in the face of cooler heads and common sense. That’s how ideologies work. 3/4
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They color our view of the world, but in a way that draws upon our deep desire for group belonging and survival. And at that level we’re all little more than apes who will fling feces at the other team even if doing so covers us in excrement as well. 4/4
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