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Originally Posted by dyna mo
it certainly does.
although it doesn't explain his refusal (inability?) to see the truth.
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Our brains are very accurate at seeing bias in others and horribly inaccurate at seeing bias in ourselves. I don't think there is a "truth", there is only our individual and subjective interpretations of the world. We are all biased. We all employ a multitude of biases in our thinking.
What is troublesome is that he has gone a step further and began relying on "the myth of pure evil" to rationalize and explain his overly intense feelings against a group of people, just like any terrorist or genocidal maniac would. I could see him easily rationalizing incredibly atrocious acts against those he believes to be the problem, as his thinking leads him to the conclusion that any such act is really about the greater good, about stopping evil, about protecting others and that there is a moral imperative to do so.