Why do some Conservatives make arguments based off pure emotion and not facts and logic?

This is, in part, a matter of pure logistics and conservation of energy, because it would frankly be ... The emerging picture is one in which conservatives not only engage in fact- and logic-challenged argumentation based on heated ... That is, notwithstanding chest-pounding claims (like some of the lines that I ... ..

The 2012 tease left some former supporters disgruntled to say the least and the perception is that ... . “Men do not need leaders, we are all capable of leading ourselves. ... . parties who make it their job to try and keep them off by any means necessary. ... .. None of it based on logic or reason, pure emotion.

My problem when having arguments with conservatives (and some liberals ... This is dogma pure and simple, very similar in kind to religious dogma, ... How do you make a case and have the other person understand and hear ... political stance or faith, you're truly better off not trying to change their mind.

My problem when having arguments with conservatives (and some liberals where I ... This is dogma pure and simple, very similar in kind to religious dogma, and I ... . of logic / reason, feelings / emotion, depth / focus, etc/etc that you do. ... Indeed, because the facts are not going to make one bit of difference.

Many people do not understand how a person can do this so I hope to explain ... Perhaps some people can't disown beliefs, even in principle, because of some ... . In other words: Belief= emotion + logic. ... How belief confuses arguments ... To make a prediction based on past events alone does not require believing in the ...

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(Which you do, it is just some people want to stop others from using that ... of a passing car, which then careened off the road and into a tree, ruining the car. ... This would make the root cause of the accident supernatural and not natural. ... ... are poor and based on appeals to emotion rather than facts…common of people  ...

Unfortunately, whether we like it or not, everyone on the Left from the President ... …the fourth rule is: Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. ... Conservatives have a tendency to try to win every debate with logic and ... adding some emotion-based arguments and sheer scorn to their discourse.

Because, by and large, the typical conservative argument is based on ... .. And we' re not likely to get someone to budge off that. Some of the conservative "facts" go back to a skewed interpretation of ... The people we need to win over don't use reason, it's pure emotion ... . Logic is often not used...

Fear not, Barack Obama has an economic plan for America, and it's all in a ... the sole purpose of which is to make fossil fuel more expensive, so let's ... .. Political leanings have nothing to do with true logic, facts and evidence. ... most people know that your reasoning is based on vacuous emotion, not logic...

(Cognitive load did not appear to change the view of conservatives in the study.) ... of ways to bring about a temporary liberal shift—to make conservatives move left. ... . things that are simply not true and mistake them as facts that then do ... . the article down as pure trash (as some of the conservative readers ...