Lmao.
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Lmao.
"My act of war is not an act of war. Your response to it is!!!" - Trump Sheep #15674
I mean, it tracks with their view of the Ukraine situation as well.
It also tracks with the general conservative mindset that the "in group" is protected by laws, but not beholden to them; while the "out group" is beholden to laws, but not protected by them.
Which all tracks with having the mindset of a toddler, free of any shred of empathy, where, until proven otherwise every other person in existence is by default just an NPC without agency or self-determination.
That subreddit is nothing more than an echo chamber. If you express an even slightly reasonable view, you get banned.
The only way for dissenting opinions to be expressed is with the downvote button, and even then most reasonable people avoid going there because it's so frustrating to read.
I used to read it to see what conservatives were thinking. There used to be actual discourse in the comments about policy positions. It's now nothing more than brainrot and Russian trolls.
All of these comments are severely downvoted. What are you every saying here? That one incredibly unpopular opinion represents them all?
Don't get me wrong, fuck them all. But this is such a stupid argument for your hate.
Personally, I automatically hate anyone that describes themselves as conservative, but you have to know that r/Conservative is not a very good representation of the entire group. It's EXTREME and one of the most blatant echo chambers I've ever witnessed; any dissent will earn you a ban from that sub.
I'm confused. The screenshot you shared just has two idiots sharing stupid opinions and 1.1 thousand/389 people (likely from the same subreddit) disagreeing with them.
I'm not saying the conservative subreddit isn't unhinged, but this feels pretty cherry picked.
Maybe share a photo of the most upvoted comments for a better reference?
If you spent time on other platforms like Threads youβd see a lot more of this being continuously spewed. Itβs why I deleted my accounts on several services. While this might be a cherry picked example from that sub, the far right revisionist take is far, far more common on popular social media than you think.
This is actually classic fascist playbook:
Seriously why hasnt reddit banned that subreddit yet? Is not like they ARENT ban happy in other areas!
But I guess fucking fascism is A-OK!!
Because it generates interaction and user count. Money before country.
God I hate CEOs
LMAO, because Reddit is extremely pro conservative and still largely beholden to whatever China wants.
I hope they skip ahead to the last chapter, the kys-in-a-bunker section specifically.
If they're gonna play follow the leader they should play it right.
Pedo-Donald will try to annex Canada. For the first time of my life I'm considering getting a gun. We cannot trust conservatives anymore. Poilievre and mostly Ford are just playing the though guy card now to negociate a position, mark my words. Be prepare to fight.
Accept the annexation and in 10 years the entire US government will be run by Canadians. Just look at their entertainment industry, they can't resist our Canadian charms.
Funny but I will die before anyone can call me an american, that I can guarantee.
Tons of people call you American, all over the world.
I've travel the world, live in Europe for 6 years and haven't met a single person who didn't know the difference between Canada and USA.
But even if it was the case, that would only mean tons of people are geographically illiterate then. The First Nation people didn't magically became Indians because a bunch of idiots thought they were,
Stupid and proud of it is the new norm, lol. You american ?
Why are you upset by what I said? I'm curious what about my statement made you so angry?
The only 1% these guys can be in is 1% posters on the conservative subreddit.
Cesspool, the question is what % are bots.
It has been interesting to see "Canadian Conservatives", some of them top commenters, get viciously turned on by /r/conservative while lamenting about how this is hurting PP and the Conservatives movement in Canada.
turns out an ideology that ignores real problems and always seeks out groups to villainize isn't a good way to make long term friends
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James O'Brien isn't my favourite talking head, but I do like his idea of having contempt for the conmen and compassion for the conned. These people have swallowed a lot of big lies and the fault is with the liars.
If they were truely conned sure. But most of these guys just thought the pain would be placed on others, not them. They're fine woth others suffering, but the tears start to flow when they experience anything negative at all.
To some degree, sure. But these are adults with the capability and responsibility to think for themselves. Itβs one thing to punch down on someone repeatedly for a mistake or being fooled, and yes, the majority of the fault lies with the deceiver, but these people arenβt stupid either. Trump and the rest of the Republican ilk made it clear what theyβre about, and their actions speak louder than their rhetoric. If folks are foolish enough to believe him over and over again, the problem is just as much them as it is him.
The con they got suckered into is American Exceptionalism, and it's not Trumppy that suckered them. He's a victim of the same brainrot.
These guys are reveling in it, and I have no sympathy for those that choose "we're just better than everyone else" as part of their core identity.
I agree that someone conned deserves compassion. You got tricked into sending someone money? Im sorry, even if it was dumb of you, im angry at the scammer.
But when you get scammed and the person who scammed you says theyre using your money for atrocious hateful acts, say making someones existence illegal, and you double down and say "well actually theyre right let me send more money, " you do not have any sympathy from me.
Nono, let these morons suffer their consequences. I hope they don't mind learning Russian because they're going to need it to communicate with their new masters.
Wow, so glad this brave American here could teach me so much about my own country. Let me just call up my drug dealing ~~prime minister~~ governor and demand that he fix Canada immediately lest we face more punishment from Poppa Cheeseball. Thank you r/conservative, I'd be so lost without you proper Americans leading the way.
I'm closer on the Mexican side of the country, but I'm gonna really miss having friendly neighbors. Sorry we've been so shitty lately to our northern and southern friends.
Its funny seeing this stuff in r/conservative getting down voted as hell.
r/republican is no better. They literally spout the lies trump spews and believe them 100%
This is what happens when you have unchecked disinformation.
Let's prevent that from happening by not spreading American owned media pretending to be Canadian, that infiltrates Canadian culture and politics.
Ahahaha Canada.com? How much more blatant can it be that the site is American?
For real. The issues occurring in the US are various, but the vast spreading of disinformation in the US is crippling. Don't let unchecked lobbying (aka bribing of politicians) occur in your country, don't let "news organizations" spread false realities.