▲ 766 ▼ Post truth world (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 11 months ago* by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 147 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 37 points 11 months ago (3 children) I'm amazed at all the people on this website convinced that there's no such thing as leftists with conservative families. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 11 months ago As a leftist with almost all family being conservative: I wouldn't be writing 4chan memes on bullets, if it was politically motivated it would be clear cut. Trans rights are human rights. Free Palestine. Seize the means of production. Not telling them they're gay if they read something like it's 2006. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 months ago It’s called motivated reasoning. If you asked them outside of this context you would get the correct and obvious answer but now that their pet theory depends on it they will pretend there is no such thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ardent@kbin.earth 7 points 11 months ago That's interesting speculation. But literally before you posted https://kbin.earth/m/politicalmemes@lemmy.world/t/1890755/-/comment/8863845 No one here said a leftist couldn't have done this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 11 months ago As a leftist with almost all family being conservative: I wouldn't be writing 4chan memes on bullets, if it was politically motivated it would be clear cut. Trans rights are human rights. Free Palestine. Seize the means of production. Not telling them they're gay if they read something like it's 2006. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 11 months ago It’s called motivated reasoning. If you asked them outside of this context you would get the correct and obvious answer but now that their pet theory depends on it they will pretend there is no such thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ardent@kbin.earth 7 points 11 months ago That's interesting speculation. But literally before you posted https://kbin.earth/m/politicalmemes@lemmy.world/t/1890755/-/comment/8863845 No one here said a leftist couldn't have done this. permalink fedilink source parent