being unable to hold the ideas of exceptions and rules in their minds simultaneously

It's not even exceptions to a rule, just any qualifiers at all.

I say "I don't want a shit sandwich" and they say "how can you be against sandwiches they're great".

Same thing with vaccines. I say traditional vaccines are okay but mRNA ones are dangerous shit and they say "how can you be anti-vax?? polio vaccine saved lives"

Same thing with immigration. I say legal immigrants are fine but illegal ones have to go home and they say "but immigrants are honest and hard working how can you be against them?"

For instance every single time NPR reports on the 'far right's' stance on illegal immigration they end up talking about legal immigrants - far right are stupid to be against illegal immigrants because immigrants are super great, citing a report on legal immigrants. At first I thought this was intentionally slight of hand, but now I think they've hired so many DEI morons they don't actually understand that legal and illegal immigrants are different things.

being unable to hold the ideas of exceptions and rules in their minds simultaneously

It's not even exceptions to a rule, just any qualifiers at all.

I say "I don't want a shit sandwich" and they say "how can you be against sandwiches they're great".

Same thing with vaccines. I say traditional vaccines are okay but mRNA ones are dangerous shit and they say "how can you be anti-vax?? polio vaccine saved lives"

Same thing with immigration. I say legal immigrants are fine but illegal ones have to go home and they say "but immigrants are honest and hard working how can you be against them?"

For instance every single time NPR reports on the 'far right's' stance on illegal immigration they end up talking about legal immigrants - far right are stupid because immigrants are super great, citing a report on legal immigrants. At first I thought this was intentionally slight of hand, but now I think they've hired so many DEI morons they don't actually understand that legal and illegal immigrants are different things.