Shit man, next year we're gonna be a decade old. Its also wild that you can trace the line of dominoes from us to the exposure of all the current day insanity, one event and regime-double-down at a time.
You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread.
Comments (58)
sorted by:
The problem is not regarding Republican politicians as evil, which of course they are. The problem is regarding rank-and-file Republicans (or Democrats, who are just brainwashed) as evil, or imagining that because you support Corrupt Politician A rather than Corrupt Politician B, he is somehow good or the messiah. The left has this problem of imagining that goodness consists of agreeing with whatever they are told to believe by the media.
You only realize that you are in an invisible cage when you step out enough to bump up against it.
Very true. I was mainly talking about politicians, but you're right in that Republican voters are/were viewed as evil, which is a much bigger problem, and that's what I should have focused on. Because, yeah, fuck most Republican politicians. The bigger issue was that, at the time, without questioning, I bought the narrative that The Other were indisputably the Bad Guys.
I remember there was a right wing family in my school/friend group, and the other parents badmouthed and excluded those parents. I never bullied them or anything, and I realized it was wrong, but I was too young to either do anything about it, or fully realize how disgusting it was. And, yes, there was basically only one conservative family in my immediate circle, and they were somewhat outcasts. They seemed to do well regardless, though, which isn't really that surprising. I think the more conservative ideals are - in moderation, of course - much better for raising children.