cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26226188
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/39626252
We have to agree where we ARE before we stand a chance to agree about what we do from here.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025
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Right wingers fucking around: "Yeah let's deport all the ILLEGALS, lower our egg prices, and make the government fascist! MAGA!"
Right Wingers finding out: "Boohoo my benefits are cut, Canada boos at our National Anthem, and I have to sell my left kidney to buy groceries!"
Fuck these people. Conservatives were drawn in to Trump because of his hateful rhetoric and they only changed their minds when they were personally affected. They'll vote with a hard R the next election cycle anyway and don't deserve our sympathy. They were around and even voted for Trump's first administration and wanted more of his hate.
Your strategy will continue to isolate you
They have no intention to change or move a little bit left. As mentioned they don't have any sort of remorse for the pain other suffers, only that they got affected. So if they have no intention to change their ideas, what makes you think that there might be some common ground? Sometimes a bad ally is worse than an enemy
I wonder a lot about the subcontext of people using "they" so much. In it's very essence it's so derogatory, but if you actually used the proper terminology would you just look insane?
Like of course right wingers aren't going left..... they're right wingers (talking about categories of groups, not individuals). Right Wingers don't have remorse because they're a group, not an individual. Like you can pretend all "Left Wingers" have remorse (compassion)... but that's obviously not true. A lot of "Left Wingers" don't care if "right wingers" get hurt, only that they're coming after left wing groups....