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Yeah, lot of bigots are self aware enough to try to hide their hatred and point to other things when it comes to making what they support more palatable to those who might not be. They aren't complete idiots like some immediately assume which is why they have been underestimated by the opposite side and gained such huge traction and seen increasing success.

Even the dumb ones don't try to show the full extent of the bigotry, since they know there are still some in society who resist such ideologies despite growing embracement of it.

Situational sexuality has assured that every navy has been pretty gay (that is, sexually adaptable) since the inception of maritime travel.

I've got a couple dumb friends/colleagues too but just change the subject when they mention politics

Rapes little girls too.

Well, bad the way Edmund Povensie was bad while under the guile of the White Witch, or the way the Little Mermaid was bad (i.e. poor ) at seeing through the sea hag's hard sell.

It's possible.

I'm more likely to say anyone who writes others off as bad people from a 1 dimensional, 3rd party anecdote is not an exemplar of "good people". But that's just me.

Not bad per se, more very misinformed and very influenced dare I say manipulated, just sad yeah

I feel ya with this, but to paint this as black and white is to miss important nuance.

They're deluded. As such, it's an error to see them as evil in the same way that it is to see a person that's high on meth and dangerous or schizophrenic and hostile as being evil.

They're no less dangerous, don't get me wrong, but to see them as bad is, I think, a critical misunderstanding of what's going on here that leads people to think like this.

What's funny is that nobody alive today was alive and in the military for any major conflict that we were actually victorious in, so what "good old days" are these geezers even pining for? The days where we lost a bunch of soldiers in Vietnam and the ones who survived came back with PTSD and drug addictions?

Most reasonable answer. Propaganda is insidious. It is subtle, it can latch onto anything. It could be racism, that's one thing sure. It could be that they wanted lower taxes and over time it slowly convinced them it was all of the others. It could be anything. To assume like this, well, it's exactly why the right has so much just reasoning when saying we're quick to throw the racism card. Because, well just look at this thread.

Right, and those who supported Hitler were just poor misinformed good people.

Yours is the best answer but my kneejerk gut feeling is:

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Edit: The 'you' in this image refers to OP's parents.

I think their just trapped in a bubble of bad info and are influenced by racism subconsciously. I KNOW my parents aren't bad people, but they sure as hell arent talking like good people or even well thought-out people.

I guess I just thought my parents were smarter, that they could see through this admins BS. They seriously claim that Trump is doing much better than Biden, but I talk to everyone I know, and they are all having money problems, food insecurity and housing problems, all being made worse under Trump.

I think my parents are just selfish. And it breaks my heart that they are betraying everything I thought I learned from them. I guess maybe they didnt influence me as much as I thought.

It was kind of funny though, because my husband was like, "Now you know how I feel." At least they are a-okay with me and my husband, though, at this rate, I'm worried that wont be the case in a couple years.

My parents care on the micro level, where it applies to people they directly know, but have no ability to show empathy on the macro level and it breaks my heart.

just look at the millions and millions of gamers who don’t wanna do anything but pretend to shoot automatic weapons at other players for 10 seconds on repeat. it’s a bloodthirsty culture underneath the facade of civility and modern advancement.