Lotus Eaters has a video ( LINK ) discussing "What is Wrong with the Left?", and they led with a study I hadn't seen before
Archive link: https://archive.is/yygF3
From the article:
“I was very surprised that the level of liberal bias against conservatives was nearly three times greater than was conservative bias toward liberals,” Ridge said. “This is directly the opposite of what ideological asymmetry would predict. I was also surprised that given this result, liberal participants claimed that conservatives were much more prejudiced than liberals, whereas conservatives did not attribute any more prejudice to liberals than to conservatives. This is contrary to much popular opinion about liberals and conservatives in popular media and in the empirical literature.”
I am not personally surprised by this, as I am aware of previous studies that show the left really doesn't know all that much about conservatives in general, and do a really bad job at generalizing conservative ideas. I think this stems from the way the left is able to totally insulate themselves in an information bubble due to the overall heavy leftward bias in all cultural institutions.
My crazy aunt gave my family the "gay people are just like you" speech out of nowhere one time simply because churchgoer, conservative. Another relative (centrist liberal) had to tell her "they know that already." (I don't actually "know" this, but we all understand.)
In her case we've tried to talk to her several times, but she's seemingly impervious to reason. She'll ignore factual details and reiterate some hippy boomer pablum about corporations or the Pentagon Papers or Harvey Milk. I think she has some kind of existential need to justify her dissolute lifestyle that makes her phobic of serious reflection, and this is probably the case for many left wingers.
Somewhat relevant...
Last year when the topic of sexually themed material in schools was one of the hottest topics, Charles Barkley was seen speaking at a gathering of some kind. He said something like, "Man, if you want to be gay then be be gay. Don't let these idiots get you down."
I forgot the exact context but it was clear he was addressing the school issue and the parents who were working to keep the smut out of schools. Those parents were the idiots he was referring to.
I wish someone there had one of the books and could have put it in his face and ask if elementary school kids should be seeing pictures and reading about butt sex and other debauchery.
He was so sure of himself and yet he was so far off topic. It's just another example of the liberal bubble. They don't want their supporters to see what's really happening.
Most of the meetings I've reported on don't allow you to present the images being depicted in these "children's" books due to decency concerned. They know full well what they are doing and are unwilling to change to reflect reality.
"gay people just like you, they just walk around with shit on their dick and have aids"
Boomers weren't reasoned into their positions on issues so you're not going to reason them out of them. You're arguing directly with cable news.
Lol... I wish this wasn't so true
Upvote for "pablum." Great word.