It's amazing how some of the most controversial topics are basically just "let's try being nice to people"
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2024
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Left wing ideology in a nutshell
“one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change"
"Why are they nailing him to that cross? What did he do?"
"He said... 'Be kind to one another'."
(Sighs) "...Yeeaah, that'll do it."
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It always reminds me of the Bill Burr interview:
The news anchor is going, "Bill, aren't you being a little hard on those people?" In reference to something like clergymen raping boys.
And Bill is like, "How do you think those boys feel?"
This might be not the right place to ask, but is there a theory or phenomenon that explains why so many people side with the perpetrators/people in power when abuses are being commented on?
Sympathizing with the clergyman in your example, or another pop culture example I've seen recently is defending private jet usage.
The easy answer is "brainworms", but there must be more to it than that, surely?
I think it's people not feeling comfortable taking an active position. Condemning child rapists is still taking an active position even if it's a no brainer. Some people just see someone being condemned or criticised and instinctively defend the target. I'm not sure if it stems from contrarianism or empathy.
maybe people are defensive about their prior ignorance/apathy.
Not just their ignorance or apathy but their perceived tribe or self ideation bias.
They think the person is good because of acknowledging similarities in their personhood and thinking it makes them the same and to hold them as wrong would hurt their ideology that they are wholly good (which is insane cause different people), sometimes through careful messaging you can lead people to wrong conclusions through manipulation of empathy or false logic and conclusions you come up with "yourself" are more likely to be stronger in your mind on conviction and less able to change.
We are tribe people that are easily self assured to get through what would be a tough life in the wild. And it's easily manipulated by people who make it their job to do so.
I'd say half of them have benefitted tremendously under the leadership of these people (Yes I'm talking about Boomers mostly.) so it's basically blind loyalty at this point. The other half are afraid of what those people in power can do if you try to fight back.
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"Modern developed countries should not have homeless people."
Calm down, edgelord.
Right wingers think this is an insanely dangerous idea. In my youth someone bought me a copy of Atlas Shrugged after hearing me say things like that.
I realized that they were trying to indoctrinate me, but I was confident in my own judgement and wanted to know my enemy better. Even if I would've been susceptible to the brainwashing, that book was insanely long and insanely boring, so they chose poorly. I couldn't get through even half of it
Wow what an antisemitic bitch /s
Dropped your /s (I hope)
Yeah I didn't think it would be necessary but looks like I should add it 🤣
PLEASE STOP KILLING ~~PEOPLE~~
Our survival relies on death, even if it's just plants. The people gate is an important one, even if you want to expand it wider.
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