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“They will typically say something like, “This isn’t complicated” and I think that is because when one’s ideological beliefs are the basis for what one determines to be true, finding the ‘right’ answer often is not complicated. The reality, however, often is.”

Yes, exactly right.

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I love this; gets at why I disliked the "silence is violence" slogan that was popular a few years back. Not having or stating an opinion isn't violence. Also, not stating an opinion in a certain forums doesn't mean you don't have one. People continue existing even when they're not being perceived by the internet panopticon.

>Humans strongly dislike being told what to think and when we are told that we must believe something, we become motivated to try to find reasons not to believe it.

Yes. I sometimes joke I have a degree of oppositional defiant disorder, which manifests internally, but this is probably pretty normal.

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