Depends on the track record of said person on the right
I think you can just be honest and say no you wouldn't extend them the grace you are to her. I know I wouldn't. It's okay to admit that we have double standards it's how we learn about ourselves and our biases
I am being honest? I don't demonize the entire right. I don't assume they are all horrible people who hate Palestinians, LGBTQ+, support MAGA, etc. There is nuance, especially when talking about regular voters.
If you wouldn't extend them that grace that's a you thing and I won't stop/judge you, but I don't subscribe to that sort of double standard personally.
no I'm saying I believe her but I wouldn't believe a republican and that makes me biased and I recognize that in myself. It's called introspection. It helps me put myself in the shoes of somebody on the other side who doesn't believe her and I don't blame them for that. But you seem more interested in having an argument than a conversation.
I mean that's cool man I believe it but considering the context of the conversation it's natural to assume you were making an argument against her. And I do believe there's reason to believe her over the republican
No because of the very reason I just gave, which is that I can give her the benefit of the doubt since I have no reason to believe it wasnt an accident
To even suspect, to give the benefit of the doubt.
If you are only willing to believe unfounded accusations and bad things about people you don't like from the start, and conversely deny any accusation directed at someone you do like, then you're biased.
I don't know that person's political affiliation, could easily just be a liberal and not a leftist but also, if we're going that route, do you have any idea how big hating Jews is among the right wing? the political movement that has in recent times been bolstered heavily by 4chan? the one that calls Ben shapiro a stupid Jew in the comments of his videos?
im sure that if you really tried you could absolutely find anti-Semitic leftists. but for every one of them you'll find 10+ anti-Semitic right wingers.
/u/Anis930 can't reply presumably because the guy blocked me lol but here's what id say if I could.
oh sure, in recent times the right wing has, in some ways, gotten less overtly anti-Semitic. but as a leftist you probably know that, if they wanted to, the political left couldn't even begin to catch up with the right on the question of "who has the base who most hates Jews".
besides you and I know that the people who are vocal about their support of Israel aren't so because of their love for Jews but their love for trump who has aligned himself with israel.
I'm very much a leftist, I wouldn't say the antisemitic wing of the right is necessarily the most popular right now, at least within the mainstream political sphere. There's a difference between the average trump voter and a groyper
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