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PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year agoI’ve been in your shoes before and I appreciate you sticking up for them. I am personally not being attacked, you are. You just fell for the good ones, I’m super sad to see them here on Lemmy, I thought we had more time.
goetzit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Everyone with a dissenting viewpoint from your own is not some secret right-wing troll smuggling in the “wrong” viewpoints. You are not helping anyone with this mindset.
I live in a pretty red area. I talk to a lot of people who have a lot of these right wing beliefs. Im not going to pretend these aren’t dogshit takes, they fucking suck. But like this guy is trying to tell you, these views and talking points are very prevalent. We can’t treat these people like right-wing sleeper cell trolls that just want to attack us, they are people who have been misled.
I’ll give you an example. I was talking to someone who was a little upset we were sending billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine. Is this a shit take? Yeah it is, but he didn’t have it because hes some russian fascist who wants to see putin recreate the USSR, he’s just living in the COL crisis like everyone else. When I pointed out it was a shit move to let ukraine burn and made him think about it, he changed his mind. Theres other shit we spend way more money on, like our military, and we should defend a country that is being annexed by another world power.
He’s not a bad dude. He just hadn’t stopped to think about it. If i had just attacked him for it he would have just doubled down, because im being an asshole, and why would he adopt the assholes position? Thats how most people are. It sucks but it takes a lot of energy to really sift through all the bullshit, and surviving in todays world is stressful enough as it is for people. Its hard to look at the bigger picture when your smaller, immediate one is so turbulent.
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Your example is someone you know in real life, yeah? Go take a look at their responses when I call out their techniques and look at it from that point of view. I didn’t know they were trolls at first, now I know. I admire your positive thinking but I’ve been down that road so many times. I honestly wish I was wrong on this and you’re right, that would be a wonderful thing. I know what earnest Republicans look like online, this ain’t it. I’m glad you’re trying to be fair and balanced though?