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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The party told you to reject your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

I think the core problem is politics. I've met left leaning people who are just as brainwashed as some conservatives.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I've met uninformed and opinionated without a basis people who were left leaning, but I've never met anyone as cult-y as the MAGA. There is no way to get through to them--none. Their faces could be on fire, and they wouldn't put out the fire with water if water was proposed by the main-stream media to put out fires.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe, but I’d rather be brainwashed and wrong in trying to treat others with empathy and decency, than be brainwashed and wrong and driven by hate for marginalised groups.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I think that is a perfectly fair take. My point is that that world tends to be way more nuanced than the media and politicians want to admit.