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omally_360 t1_j4b0vx0 wrote

Reply to comment by Kittenscute in Idaho Republican Apologizes for Comparing Women to Farm Animals by wallstreetegg

You guys on reddit live in a special kind of bubble :-)

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ifelife t1_j4b1xf8 wrote

You know one republican, make your decision based on them and think it's the redditors who are in a bubble?

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omally_360 t1_j4b2o8k wrote

Nope, that’s not even a little bit close to what I was saying.

I was just saying that not every single person who consider themselves republican thought of women as farm animals.

I can see from the downvotes that You guys disagree with that, which I find astonishing.

But then I remember this is just Reddit :-)

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Mouthtuom t1_j4b40zk wrote

Yet they are willing to vote for people who are willing to compare women to farm animals, or are openly racist, or are transphobes, or antisemites, etc etc etc.

To be a Republican in 2023 is to be either a bigoted troglodyte, or to support them (Same thing)

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omally_360 t1_j4c1cyp wrote

No idea. I don’t follow american politics too closely, but this is like saying all muslims are terrorists. I don’t see how you guys can have a serious dialogue if you and your democrat friends use these childish and - quite frankly - infantile rhetorics. That goes for republicans too by the way. The sooner you realise this, the better.

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Mouthtuom t1_j4c5h8l wrote

Lol I’m not a democrat.

No it’s not like saying Muslims are terrorists. It’s nothing like that. There are over a billion Muslims. Only the smallest fraction supports terrorist violence.

Ask how many republicans think political violence is justified. Or have many agree with racist sentiment When polled.

It’s not possible to have a “serious dialogue” with proud republicans anymore because they are incapable of good faith. Maybe not living in America has insulated you, but after almost half a century here I’m see it clear as day.

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omally_360 t1_j4cuhk0 wrote

I find that democrats are just as «crazy», as it were, but I guess I am coloured by social media, which obviously highlight the extremes. That’s why I am sceptical enough when you and other tells me that every single person who consider themselves a republican are horribal human beings, and downvote me when I dare question this.

Anyway, I don’t really care. This just isn’t in my world, I live in a democratic and quite liberal nation where we believe in dialogue, not silencing our political counterparts. Seems to work.

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Mouthtuom t1_j4d2od1 wrote

Lol yea and where you aren’t surrounded by heavily armed neighbors with racist symbols all over their yards and cars. Again, insulated.

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omally_360 t1_j4d5bo5 wrote

Well, I guess that’s fair enough

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Mouthtuom t1_j4d83bq wrote

In fairness I don’t actually believe every conservative is evil. I’m really just talking about proud republicans. Many independent conservatives know what the Republican Party is doing is wrong.

It’s just exhausting living with these people. My country is 70% trump voters and the county clerk still made illegal copies of the voting systems and claimed voter fraud. They’re insane.

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Rennarjen t1_j4b2nu7 wrote

But effectively there's not a difference. Actions are more important that thoughts. Your friend can think whatever he likes but if he's voting for the people who do think like that and are making decisions in line with their ideas then...what makes him any different? Maybe you don't know your friend as well as you think.

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