I don’t think that liberals will ever understand so-called Republican “hypocrisy”
The truth is, Republicans don’t believe anything. All of their arguments are just tools to be used or discarded as needed to achieve their agenda. They don’t believe in free speech, they just know they can use it rhetorically to get what they want. If another free speech issue comes up and they don’t like it, they just discard free speech for another tool.
They aren’t hypothetical. They’re just cynical.
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There’s some psychopaths, sure, but they’re between 1/4th and a 1/3rd of the country. You can’t think they’re all just demons lol
The majority are cynics and believe politics is about redistributing pain. They believe religious oppression is natural and inevitable, the only question is who the victims are. The only way for Christians to win is for everyone else to lose, etc etc
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Misanthropy tbh
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It’s a world outlook and agenda. There are always winners and losers, so the only thing that matters is being on the winning team and making sure the losers lose. We can’t all work together because someone is always screwing someone else over. I got mine, fuck you. Etc
You can hate this outlook, but there is actually an underlying ideology behind it. They aren’t just demons lol
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I invite you to look up the word metaphor.
Monsters. Assholes. Whatever.
Their politics goes deeper than being doodie heads.
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lol and calling people “fucknuts” isn’t childish?
Might as well call them doodie heads 🙄
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I’d agree that people at the top of the party are cynical and mostly just want tax breaks and to keep government regulations away from their financial investments. Many of the voters do earnestly vote based on Christian nationalism (especially pro-life people) and fear of immigrants, though.
These voters have also been subjected to 20+ years of propaganda from right wing radio and TV networks. Have you ever subjected yourself to that shit? It’s like a constant fear response.
My point is the voters at the bottom may not always have a consistent principled worldview, but they’re not always acting cynically with their votes. Many of them really do believe this stuff.
People really do underestimate how inconsistent a person’s worldview can be. Just because they don’t make any sense doesn’t mean they aren’t genuine.
There are definitely True Believers, but most voters just vote along party lines tbh
It’s possible they’re also just stupid too
Absolutely.
But if stupid people are winning, what does that say about us?
They don’t care about being hypocritical because they just don’t care.
…yes, and that’s cynicism. They don’t care about hypocrisy, so they’ll just say whatever they need to in order to win.
cynicism /sĭn′ĭ-sĭz″əm/ noun
An attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others. "the public cynicism aroused by governmental scandals." A scornfully or jadedly negative comment or act.No I don’t think that’s cynicism.
Their “distrust of integrity” applies universally. They don’t believe anyone believes the things they say and that we’re all just saying whatever it takes to win. That’s how they justify their behavior to themselves.
Misanthropy would also be applicable.
I’ve already seen the backflips when they try to ban books. Something something perverse therefore not protected under free speech.
Republicans are a pox on humanity. Imagine how much better life would be if they would stop holding everyone back.
You gotta pay for that $hit /s
