I am aware of

  • Sea-lioning
  • Gaslighting
  • Gish-Galloping
  • Dogpiling

I want to know I theres any others I'm not aware of

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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (126 children)

I'll give you a huge one.

Purity tests (when cosplaying as liberals). If a person isn't super-duper liberal on every single issue then you can't support them.

There's tons of this on this very site. People who will tell you they'll stay home and not vote for someone, if they only support 80% of what they seemingly want. People see this, then emulate said behavior.

Somehow, liberals would rather get 0% of what they want instead of 50% because of the missed 30% that the candidate doesn't support.

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

    Politicians you don't like can make good policies and politicians you do like can make bad policies. Parties are not football teams for you to take blind sides and politicians are not celebrities to be veneered blindly. They are public servants, nothing more.

    It's a global phenomenon, but Americans are particularly affect by the false dichotomy fallacy of having the two sides of political spectrum represented when, in reality, they just have two flavors of right to choose from. Both are shit in their own way.

    People love to turn off their brains and follow the leadership. That's what makes us easily manipulable. It's not because someone aligns politically with you that they are working with your best interest in mind.

    Sorry for the random rambling.

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

    I agree 100% with the purity test thing, but "liberal" ≠ leftist. That's not a purity thing, it's a "words have specific definitions" thing.

    I know idiot tankies say this, and I know they are annoying when they constantly use "liberal" as an insult... But it is technically correct that they are two distinct ideologies (with some overlap).

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (34 children)

    Sure. My point stands. A leftist will get 30-50% of what they want with a Democrat in office compared to 0% of what they want.

    A toddler can work out it's better that you get a small portion of what you want, instead of nothing. It's really that simple.

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