The "trransit purists" are a straw man. She's isrepresentating transit advocacy so it's much easier to argue against. A straw man argument can be used in good faith.
This person is just making up an argument that they can be on the good, correct, moral side of.
I guess my hairsplitting is that I know how to describe knowing bullshitting, but am not sure how to describe the "honest" bullshitting of this type, where they might not be aware of it. That might be too generous for this persin, but I definitely run into it irl. People genuinely struggling to handle cognitive dissonance and latching on to arguments that resonate with their sense of social justice. Still an excuse to avoid the dissonance, but also kind of... universal.
Hmm but what if they're serious, just... deeply propagandized?
I usually encounter it in a defensive context where they aren't trolling so much as trying to rationalize their liberalism.
The "trransit purists" are a straw man. She's isrepresentating transit advocacy so it's much easier to argue against. A straw man argument can be used in good faith.
This person is just making up an argument that they can be on the good, correct, moral side of.
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I guess my hairsplitting is that I know how to describe knowing bullshitting, but am not sure how to describe the "honest" bullshitting of this type, where they might not be aware of it. That might be too generous for this persin, but I definitely run into it irl. People genuinely struggling to handle cognitive dissonance and latching on to arguments that resonate with their sense of social justice. Still an excuse to avoid the dissonance, but also kind of... universal.