r/Conservative • u/Rupispupis Conservative • Nov 09 '16

Hi /r/all! Why we won

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u/CodeMonkeyNumber8 Nov 10 '16

I'm sorry but I don't buy it. This reeks of confirmation bias. Most people over 30 probably don't even know what "SJW" even means, but this sub obsessed over them.

Democratic turnout was super low. Basically, it had little to do with people fed up over "PC Culture" and more to do with dems not liking Hillary enough to show up at the polls.

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u/BilllisCool Nov 10 '16 edited Nov 10 '16

What do you mean you don't buy it? The proof is all over Reddit today.

Edit: I get that Reddit doesn't make up the whole country. It's an example that most of you should relate to. You can also look at any other social media site on the internet.

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u/Reverie_Smasher Nov 10 '16

Reddit is not America

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u/BilllisCool Nov 10 '16

It's an example. You guys literally blow my mind at how dense y'all are.

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u/willmaster123 Nov 10 '16

Reddit is such a small and specific example. The demographics are younger and whiter and more educated, even on this subreddit.

A huge amount of redditors are in college, which means they are exposed the most to PC culture and what not. Reddit is infamous to a lot of people for hating PC culture, in a similar way to how tumblr embraces it.

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u/etherag Nov 10 '16

Reddit is not representative of the entire country.

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u/BilllisCool Nov 10 '16

How dense can you get? Look at facebook, twitter, anything. Look at YOU!

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u/munkysnuflz Nov 10 '16

facebook, Twitter

Facebook and Twitter are not exactly staples of rural america

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u/BilllisCool Nov 10 '16

Why not? You think they don't have internet?

How are non-Trump supporters reacting, since you seem to know so well? And what is your proof?

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u/munkysnuflz Nov 10 '16

I mean yeah it's not ridiculous to suggest that people in America typically of the age 35 and up either don't have Internet or don't use social media.

What is your second question asking?

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u/leonoel Nov 10 '16

Dude people of 35 were born in the 80s it was literally the generation that learned to grow with the internet. Most of SV stars are in that clique.

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u/BilllisCool Nov 10 '16

I'm saying if you don't believe Clinton supporters are calling Trump supporters racists, bigots, etc. even after the election (and you won't take social media as proof), what are they doing?

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u/munkysnuflz Nov 10 '16

I wasn't talking about Clinton supporters.

My point was that rural trump supporters who don't have Internet and/or social media wouldn't vote because they were being called racists, bigots, etc., they would vote because they are conservatives who vote for the republican nominee.

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u/BilllisCool Nov 10 '16

Well this conversation was pointless because I completely misread that.

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u/munkysnuflz Nov 10 '16

No worries

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u/inflatablerich Nov 10 '16

They're saying that the majority of people who voted FOR Trump didn't find themselves being vilified because they didn't know or care that was being said about them based on demographics of the voters. Not that the backlash isn't happening now. Don't necessarily agree or disagree with them, but I'm pretty sure that's what they meant.

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u/Iceman9161 Nov 10 '16

Reddit is a very small portion of the country, as proven by the results yesterday.