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[–] 415 points 1 year ago* (35 children)

Classic conservative move, they immediately understand the problem when it applies to them but cannot or will not generalise to others

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  • [–] 85 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That's more of an idiot move.

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  • [+] -48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (17 children)

    What has this got to do with being conservative?

    It's just someone being an ass, I don't understand how their place on the political spectrum even gets thought about.

    I find this a lot on social media. How there is such venom towards whatever the other side is that it becomes all encompassing.

    Or am I totally missing something here?

    Edit: the American masses don't like their world view being questioned it seemed.

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  • [+] 50 points 1 year ago (7 children)
  • [+] -24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Right, but the post didn't mention anything political, so why bring it up? I find the obsession with US politics tiring.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I guess if you lived here, experiencing the speed run into authoritarianism, you'd feel tired, but also a bit raw and sensitive about this shit. Unless you're one of the fuckos that seem to be cheering that same speed run.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Certainly not cheering on. I'm amazed at how fast things turned for the worse. Back in Reddit days the sheer fuckton of American politics posts and comments were overwhelming. Today it's full on ludicrous speed.

    But I get it. Your comment makes me reflect. I'm not living there, I'm not experiencing it first hand.

    As a human race we are fucked. I'm watching the "ww2 in colour" series at the moment, and seeing the rampaging and senseless death makes me sad. But hearing how the world came together to push back an opposite force gave me hope. If the same thing happened today, I don't think we as a race would be capable of such a feat again, and mostly because of all the infighting.

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  • It isn't a US-only thing. Conservatism in the Western world in general is closely linked to sexism and misoginy. If the guy were being an asshole in a politically neutral way, like taking up too much space in an airplane or getting drunk and talking too loudly, people wouldn't bring politics into it. But he was being an asshole in a political way.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Women are bleeding to death alone in hospital parking lots after being kicked out by doctors as a direct result of the conservative movement. Have you ever faced a real life-or-death threat? It is only human to fight back with all your might all the time when someone tries to kill you.

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  • [+] -23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This is off the rails now. A probably fake exchange depicting a creep triggering such a responding comment is beyond all my expectations.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Edit: the American masses don’t like their world view being questioned it seemed

    When you write something like this, you can't genuinely think it's 100% accurate, right? Like, you have to know it's BS deep down, right?

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