RichardKennaway comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong
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I am imagining the following exchange:
"I don't understand how anyone could believe X!"
"Great, the first step to understanding is noticing that you don't understand. Now, let me show you why X is true..."
I suspect that most people saying the first line would not take well to hearing the second.
I suspect the same, but still think "I can't understand why anyone would believe X" is probably better than "people who believe X or say they believe X only do so because they hate [children / freedom / poor people / rich people / black people / white people / this great country of ours / etc.]"