It's a defense mechanism when people are confronted with views they know are right but for whatever reason can't accept them (see how a lot of people respond to veganism by saying that vegans are just the worst, it absolves you from confronting what the vegans are actually saying).
It's a defense mechanism when people are confronted with views they know are right but for whatever reason can't accept them (see how a lot of people respond to veganism by saying that vegans are just the worst, it absolves you from confronting what the vegans are actually saying).