Political partisans contradict themselves because their opinions are not sincere expressions of belief but strategic attempts to gain advantage. Like battlefield positions, their principles change day to day depending on where their allies and enemies are.
The goal is not to get to the truth, the goal is to score the most social capital. They cannot make a principled argument, because they have no principle beyond "say what benefits me the most, right now".
Political partisans contradict themselves because their opinions are not sincere expressions of belief but strategic attempts to gain advantage. Like battlefield positions, their principles change day to day depending on where their allies and enemies are.
The goal is not to get to the truth, the goal is to score the most social capital. They cannot make a principled argument, because they have no principle beyond "say what benefits me the most, right now".
Or what their sponsors tell them to say, which can change at any moment.