I'm past the point of calling this "projection" or whatever. I think most of these fuckers are actually consciously evil now. Like they are 100% self aware and internally honest about how they're just doing this Q crap to misdirect from their own perversions and strip sex Ed so they can get away with it easier.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 11 months ago

I don't quite think so. They know what they are doing is wrong, but they justify it with "My enemies do worse things, so comparatively I'm still the good guy." That's why qanon is so successful, and conspiracy theories in general with people like this. An invisible, imaginary enemy will always be morally worse than them, no matter how disgusting their behaviour gets.

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's more that reactionaries have an outsized belief in how good they personally are. Because they are so certain they're a good person, what they're doing can't be bad even when they'd demonize someone else for it. This belief is reinforced in all the classic stick-up-your-ass conservative institutions: they go to church so they're godly, they back the blue so they aren't some criminal, they put their head down and grind at work so they deserve whatever they can get their hands on. It's individualized exceptionalism.

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Nah, I'm convinced when they're alone they literally cackle "Ha ha ha! I am doing this for power and treats! I know this is fucked up but don't care cuz I'm literally Lord Freeza!"