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9. MAGA epistemology: If they want to believe it, it's true.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Thu Jun 11, 2026, 01:38 PM

14 hrs ago

Epistemology: the branch of philosophy that deals with how we know what is true and what is even real.

MAGA epistemology: If they want to believe it, it's true. If they don't want to believe it, it's fake news.

What normal people consider evidence, MAGA considers to be just bl-blll-bllbbl that doesn't even have any meaning because the only "evidence" that they recognize as evidence is their own desire to believe.