It's because understanding Bitcoin requires you to understand and accept that common knowledge and established systems are wrong or immortal, and people who can come to that conclusion on economics can also do so for history, science, religion, politics, etc.

Not defending people on either side, but that is the most simple explanation of how that occurs.

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"either side"? You maybe be infected with the political lens disease that's going around.

Right it's the idea that Bitcoiners have stepped out of the mainstream. But why the ugly? I would expect better of people who have abandoned following the crowed and believing the media, etc.

When I say either side, I'm not talking about right or left. There are people who believe things they are told, and there are people who come to their own conclusions. Many conclusions are ugly, or at least seem very ugly without an understanding of where someone is coming from.

Specifically, ideologies you listed like that of the Nazis, Misogynists, or racists are very reactionary beliefs. The scary truth is that there is no difference between the humans living in Nazi Germany and you and me. If you cannot understand how someone got to a conclusion, you will never be able to change their mind.

Old Ayn Rand quote - "Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong."