long time ago I read a quote by an Israeli counter-terrorism expert to the effect that, whereas they used to work very hard at studying and understanding the minds of terrorists, they concluded it isn't worth the effort to attempt any approach that depends upon their sanity for its success; that the motives of terrorists have no foundation in reason.
really interesting. I’ve given up on trying to understand
leftists/liberals, usually. I do know too many people who
aren’t diehard liberals, but liberals through environment.
It’s not easy to make an impression on them either. I’ve
had a few partial successes.