Has never read a book, much less the Bible, despite being a fervent Christian.
Average left wing extremist I’ve met:
Has actually read books about leftist theory, is willing to debate and have their mind changed. The march I joined a few months ago was basically full of Political Science students from the local university.
Tl;dr: the bell curve up top is accurate, minus the Wojacks.
The bell curve is accurate with the way it is drawn but that is probably not what the author intended because the author is on the left side with the right-wing extremists that don’t understand how a bell curve works.
In the United States at least I suspect that there won’t be many of the centralists because the way US politics works there isn’t really a place for them. It’s a two-party system so you kind of have to be one thing or the other.
There is now a bigger shift where there are some very inept leftists whose dogma harms them (as the conservatives of the 70s/80s/90s).
As well many more well spoken conservatives in the last 10 years. However that benefit is starting to wane and they now have a brigade of social media rhetorist as intolerable as the left.
Think of the woke tone policing thing, 10 years ago “leftists” got upset if you used the wrong words while ignoring the actual bad things that were happening.
If you said “Trump is a fucking retard” the left goes “ok” the stupid-left goes “you can’t say that word! You’re as bad as Trump because you said that word!”
lmao, I think it is even more delusional to presume that there’s people younger than 20 on Lemmy. I’ve taught people who don’t even remember Obama’s presidency.
The problem is – and maybe you are too young to remember this – people have always just made shit up on the internet. I don’t even know where the fuck you’re going to find people who don’t take issue with actual slurs besides chud and lib sites, Lemmy included, which are hardly universally"leftist" spaces (and it seems like you don’t know the difference between a “leftist” or “liberal”). Who knows what fucking bots you’re running into or what algos have pushed into your engagement based on your activity, I can certainly say I haven’t seen any of the shit you’re describing, even on actual leftist communities. You think “scumbag left” is what, new? You seriously think white, cishet men haven’t used slurs this whole goddamn while even if they did claim to be socialists?
So, do you have a source? A link? Any actual evidence that what you’re saying is in any way emblematic of some sort of popular discourse or cultural trend? Or did you make it the fuck up?
I see it on Reddit all the time. Leftists hurting their own arguments because they’re repeating things that are just flat out wrong. Most people barely pay attention to the news, have no idea how our government works, and don’t read books.
Average right wing extremist I’ve met:
Has never read a book, much less the Bible, despite being a fervent Christian.
Average left wing extremist I’ve met:
Has actually read books about leftist theory, is willing to debate and have their mind changed. The march I joined a few months ago was basically full of Political Science students from the local university.
Tl;dr: the bell curve up top is accurate, minus the Wojacks.
The bell curve is accurate with the way it is drawn but that is probably not what the author intended because the author is on the left side with the right-wing extremists that don’t understand how a bell curve works.
Oh yeah, totally agree.
In the United States at least I suspect that there won’t be many of the centralists because the way US politics works there isn’t really a place for them. It’s a two-party system so you kind of have to be one thing or the other.
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There is now a bigger shift where there are some very inept leftists whose dogma harms them (as the conservatives of the 70s/80s/90s).
As well many more well spoken conservatives in the last 10 years. However that benefit is starting to wane and they now have a brigade of social media rhetorist as intolerable as the left.
Leftist dogma hurts business. Nobody ever died from having a 2 day weekend or from being forced to work less than 40 hours a week
Could you cite something? I haven’t seen any of this, and I’m very curious to see where it’s coming from.
Think of the woke tone policing thing, 10 years ago “leftists” got upset if you used the wrong words while ignoring the actual bad things that were happening.
If you said “Trump is a fucking retard” the left goes “ok” the stupid-left goes “you can’t say that word! You’re as bad as Trump because you said that word!”
“My source is I made it the fuck up.”
I suppose people younger than 20 didn’t experience it.
lmao, I think it is even more delusional to presume that there’s people younger than 20 on Lemmy. I’ve taught people who don’t even remember Obama’s presidency.
The problem is – and maybe you are too young to remember this – people have always just made shit up on the internet. I don’t even know where the fuck you’re going to find people who don’t take issue with actual slurs besides chud and lib sites, Lemmy included, which are hardly universally"leftist" spaces (and it seems like you don’t know the difference between a “leftist” or “liberal”). Who knows what fucking bots you’re running into or what algos have pushed into your engagement based on your activity, I can certainly say I haven’t seen any of the shit you’re describing, even on actual leftist communities. You think “scumbag left” is what, new? You seriously think white, cishet men haven’t used slurs this whole goddamn while even if they did claim to be socialists?
So, do you have a source? A link? Any actual evidence that what you’re saying is in any way emblematic of some sort of popular discourse or cultural trend? Or did you make it the fuck up?
I see it on Reddit all the time. Leftists hurting their own arguments because they’re repeating things that are just flat out wrong. Most people barely pay attention to the news, have no idea how our government works, and don’t read books.
“My source is I made it the fuck up.”