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I'm at a point where liberals are more annoying than conservatives. (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Performatively pretending to support movements against oppression is just no longer, in any way, less frustrating than the conservative tendency to just outright support oppression, and that's all liberals do.

Obviously, conservatives are evil and huge pieces of shit, but I'm at a point in my online presence where I just expect the most brainlet shit from them.

Libs, on the other hand, are just in an indefinite cycle of spouting bad takes that enable oppression, but due to ignorance, they think they're actively helping fight against it.

As a trans person of color, bigotry from conservatives is phasing me much less nowadays, but racism and transphobia from libs now seems significantly more abhorrent.

Don't expect me to explain the psychology behind it. This is just how it be like sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

This is very similar to a behavioral pattern dogs exhibit called barrier frustration.

Say a dog really wants to go meet another dog, but it is on a leash and so can't reach the dog to go say hi. The dog will often act with what might look like aggression: barking, straining at the leash, etc. But it is actually not being aggressive toward the dog. It is frustrated by the leash preventing it from getting there. The dog doesn't act aggressively toward the person holding the leash either. It just rages aimlessly against its tether.

You see what I'm getting at? We're often more mad at the leash that stops us from getting what we want than we are at the one holding it. Liberals act as an extension of the right by keeping Leftists from their goals, but we should still remember that the right itself is the primary enemy and Liberals, ultimately, are more concerned with maintaining the status quo than they are about upholding any particular set of beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, minorities frustrated with individuals claiming to support basic human rights refusing to do more for their rights than voting harder are the exact same as dogs on leashes. Super clever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

All mammals are like dogs to some extent. Animal behavior has some major themes. Humans are no exception. And there's nothing wrong with being frustrated at liberals as long as you understand their place in this equation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The liberals are the primary enemy. Both "versions".

Also your logic does not make any sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Liberals should not be the primary enemy. Fascists should be the primary enemy. Always. Until they don't have significant power. Liberals should be a secondary enemy to reduce fascist influence.