Americans rarely have serious political discussions about things they care about. They either commiserate among what they think is a friendly crowd or they condescendingly shit on each other.
In the former case, there's no conflict and little risk to reputation.
In the latter case it's just pure defensiveness and trying to rationalize their own uninformed-yet-sacred views vs. those of the enemy. They don't care what the enemy thinks of them.
It's important to understand that Americans don't read and they acquire a lot of their social skills and knowledge from television, YouTube, and a toxic school / work environment. It's not normal to have read history or political theory. When they have arguments both "sides" are going to be wrong because they don't read and they both kind of know that the other person isn't exactly knowledgeable about something where they could build common ground, but is someone defending a belief system.
Americans rarely have serious political discussions about things they care about. They either commiserate among what they think is a friendly crowd or they condescendingly shit on each other.
In the former case, there's no conflict and little risk to reputation.
In the latter case it's just pure defensiveness and trying to rationalize their own uninformed-yet-sacred views vs. those of the enemy. They don't care what the enemy thinks of them.
It's important to understand that Americans don't read and they acquire a lot of their social skills and knowledge from television, YouTube, and a toxic school / work environment. It's not normal to have read history or political theory. When they have arguments both "sides" are going to be wrong because they don't read and they both kind of know that the other person isn't exactly knowledgeable about something where they could build common ground, but is someone defending a belief system.