For some reason, this was in the recommended for me in that video and I watched it hoping to learn another alt-right (and alt-right only) trick:
Also since when is that what "hide your power level" means?
Quote:@TimM-kz1vl
1 day ago
I hate what I call “the advantage of the stupid”. They’ll asks a condescending question that takes five seconds to ask but ten minutes to explain to them and they don’t even actually care about your answer. It always seems like ignorance has it easier and it pisses me off.
@maallos334mi8
1 day ago
What keeps me sane is people are already getting wise to this trick. It's why the "Every accusation is a projection" became a popular stereotype for republicans.
@reillycurran8508
1 day ago
It's wild how many of this can just boil down to "they do be gaslightin' tho..."
Sincerity and honesty are anathema to conservative political strategy. They won't ever acknowledge what they actually want until they think they can get away with it.
"Hide your power level" as they'd put it.
@thewolfofthestars1847
1 day ago
As someone who spends a lot of time in trans subreddits, I'm reminded of the argument trans teens perpetually have with their unsupportive parents. "Wait until you're 18 to start HRT" becomes "wait until you're 21, you might regret it" becomes "wait until you're 25 and your brain is fully developed (citing some bogus pop science)" becomes "wait until you're 26 and off my insurance" becomes "oh my God, you're already 26, HRT won't do anything for you, it's too late to transition" (not true, btw). Any young trans folks listening rn struggling with this--just bite the damn bullet and transition. There will never be a "right time". In order to be a healthy adult you're gonna have to disappoint your parents a bit, alright?
@emcrandal9208
1 day ago
God this is so true, the rights response to trump was insane and its established such a scary precedent
@daytimesky
1 day ago
Yup, that's why people argument swap all the time. I noticed that the right has four arguments they used a lot when accused of something - deny, both sides, downplay, justify. They all mean the same thing: we're right.
@aurelionsol5387
1 day ago
Wow. This one was a hell of a lot shorter than I expected. Considering the topic though, good on you. I also wouldn't extend this to a 30-40 minute essay. Nothing can win over conservatives, because they are stubborn and has already decided they're correct.
@Alex-cw3rz
1 day ago
Also don't forget them suddenly actually liking all these policies they said were just hysteria 4 years ago.
@Calintares
1 day ago
To some extent they might've been changed in the process of those four years. Such that they might've been sincere in not liking the fascism when they said it four years ago, but now they've become fascist due to compromising and interacting with Trump.
@ctomsky
1 day ago
The bad faith is SO real and I'm so sick of it. It's like, "Look, we know you're full of shit. You know you're full of shit. We know you know. You know we know. Can we drop the fucking act already?" We're just delaying the inevitable.There's going to be a fight. They're going to get their ass kicked because they know they're in the wrong. Let's get it over with so we can try and move on and heal already.
@ktownshutdown21
1 day ago
The best way of avoiding accountability is to always avoid the present, so the way they talk about the future is "pssh you're crazy, that'll never happen, derangement syndrome!", and the past is like "what, you're still on about that, derangement syndrome!"
And thus the Current Thing meme is born, where you don't even acknowledge things in the moment, because you're waiting until it's over so that you can revise the narrative in whatever way you want.
Also since when is that what "hide your power level" means?
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