• Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Anyone who says they became a right-winger because they hated their fellow left-wingers is lying.

    But, of course, every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word.

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      28 days ago

      yeah exactly, imagine abandoning your entire worldview because someone was mean to you one too many times. You’d need to have no moral compass nor a spine to do that

      if a fellow leftie is mean to me i just call them a tankie and move on with my life /j

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      27 days ago

      I agree with the sentiment but I’d say in the ones who genuinely believe it, it’s a result of them being successfully deceived or manipulated