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What are the go-to subjects for revealing the true, regressive beliefs of reactionaries who don't consider themselves reactionary? Off the top of my head:

-Trans people in sports: Major gateway to transphobia and misogyny. Complaints about trans athletes inevitably lead to sexism towards literally any woman with muscles. Pretty sure this is how Joe Rogan and a ton of his supporters became so unhinged.

-Affirmative action: So, so many liberals and "leftists" will complain about how they would've totally gotten into Harvard and Yale if not for The Blacks^tm^. Love to bring up SAT scores even though they've been proven to be racist and classist and a shit metric for intellectual value.

-Shakespeare authorship question: A bit niche. Basically, Curtis Yarvin and other Dark Enlightenment dweebs don't think that Shakespeare was capable of penning such timeless plays because he wasn't rich, and according to them, not rich=dumb and uncreative mental husk.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

If they refuse to read Settlers then they probably deserve the wall.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Unpopular confession: this is what made me like Chapo and Truanon less. At least read the damn book before forming an opinion, Jesus Christ!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The Antifada, official podcast of the sub (they're currently in the middle of a Settlers reading series).

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When it comes down to it, reactionaries are going to be repulsed by systemic change.

Have them acknowledge a problem then ask them if they would be willing to uproot a major component of the system and change it to solve the problem. Provide a detailed and serious solution. You will quickly see how they suddenly become disinterested in solving the problem. You will also likely be disappointed in realizing how many reactionaries there actually are.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The two best ones that can even turn most western leftists reactionary are

  1. their thoughts on their soldiers

  2. veganism.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

"Are you a fan of Pikmin?"

Yes = Comrade (Probably)

Anything other than yes = Reactionary

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Everyone is a nazi until proven otherwise, most people are evil and we are the few moral people in all of human history.

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