Newest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends

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Newest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends - Lemmy.world

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You all need to step back and realize when you’re are in an echo chamber. This kinda shit is built to be eaten up for some sort of feeling of superiority.

Most right-leaning individuals are not racist homophobic dick-wads, they’re not waving the confederate flag, and they don’t want to vote for Trump or Desantis or whatever degenerate asshole is up on that podium next.

If you’re actually open-minded, stop subscribing to media built to divide us and listening to the loudest people on Twitter. Go out there and meet some people. We’re all humans and it would be a lot easier to solve all our problems if we were in this together.

Okay sure, but are you going to vote for Trump or Desantis?

I judge by actions.

This is fair. I can’t say I understand it myself. I’m left-leaning. But it isn’t exactly a cut and dry case to everyone why an old demented goon is any better than a shitty asshole businessman. A lot of people just cross their fingers and put their trust in the party system.

I don’t agree with these decisions, but I think everyone should be more willing to understand. I don’t see how anything constructive comes from yelling at eachother and pointing fingers over the internet.

But it isn’t exactly a cut and dry case to everyone why an old demented goon is any better than a shitty asshole businessman.

You know, I hear you on this one, and I agree we should be understanding of people who vote one way or the other - but that doesn’t mean we should tolerate it. Often when I’ve had conversations with Trump voters, a lot of their opinions are based on ignorance or distortions of the truth, and it’s because they’ve been sucked into a media ecosystem that is purpose-built to feed those distortions to them. A lot of them are working class folks who want to see Trump stick up for the working class and I’m over here like “why would he ever fucking do that have you ever listened to the guy talk what the fuck?” But it simply isn’t obvious to a lot of people. I’ve tried a lot of different approaches with varying levels of success, but I think the most important things are to be open to difficult conversations, to know what you believe and why, and to hold your ground, with a smile of course.