Becky (she/they/he)Feb 22

I cannot say this enough, I hate how basic respect and empathy isn't common sense.

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I cannot say this enough, I hate how basic respect and empathy isn't common sense. - The Lemmy Club

Seriously, I get curious about Conservative (specifically American Conservative) communities. About why they’re so liked. About why my family praises them so much and wants me to be a Trump-worshipping Conservative. But all I find is nonsensical AI slop, insanity, and asshole behavior. Treating minorities like they’re non-humans without feelings. Acting like white straight able-bodied people are superior to those who are either not white, not straight, not able-bodied, or none of the above. They have to be a certain way in order for them to be liked, and all I find is how they claim to be peaceful people, like how my ex said, that respect others, but a conservative teen group online literally raided a safe space for queer teens. They mostly claim to be respectful, but act like everyone is out to get them. They also complain about queer people who aren’t even hurting them and whine about how trans and gay people are “mentally ill”, and “Trump is the Messiah”. I have yet to find a pro-gay, pro-trans, anti-racist Conservative who aligns with my values, yet I get all that from a left-leaning person. And even some (SOME, not as much as the right-wingers/Conservatives) of the left-leaning people I know who aren’t fully left think people who try to be themselves are cringe, or are just anti-autistic/ableist. But this isn’t most leftists, especially the mostly left/“full” leftists.

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You made 4 mistakes Larry/Scotty:

  • Believed your framing can affect folks.
  • Believed in “respect”
  • Believed everyone has empathy
  • Believed in a myth the uneducated call “common sense.”
  • Preaching doesn’t work. Our brains naturally develop mechanisms to ignore contradictory evidence. There are few methods to mitigate this.
  • “Respect” is a cultural phenomena that is disciplined on very few cultures. It is not something people learn, you have to discipline it, early, before the backfire effect sets in.
  • Not everyone grows a frontal lobe, or the capacity to empathize. Sadly “Conservatives” tend to trend in the dark triads spectra.
  • Since you have just learned not everyone can empathize, you should now be aware the myth of “common sense” really cannot exist. Dehumanization isn’t common, yet Conservatives praxis something extraordinary. Whether they are aware of it or not, their senses are not “common,” not by a long shot. So please, stop believing on a shitty lie.
    • Antisocial personality disorder - Wikipedia

    Feb 23 at 5:05amWeb