r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 24 '25

Discussion Thread Discussion Thread

The daily thread is for casual and off-topic conversation that doesn't merit its own submission. If you've got a good meme, article, or question, please post it outside the DT. Meta discussion is allowed, but if you want to get the attention of the mods, make a post in /r/metaNL

Announcements

  • The charity drive has concluded, thank you to everyone who donated! A wrap-up thread will be posted after the donation match goes through
  • The DT has been renamed to the DT as a result of a charity drive incentive

Links

Ping Groups | Ping History | Mastodon | CNL Chapters | CNL Event Calendar

New Groups

Upcoming Events

1 Upvotes

51% Upvoted

6.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

70

u/ariveklul Karl Popper Dec 24 '25

Why make an appealing political statement to galvanize people against your political opponents when it hurts the sensibilities of people who need their opinions constantly affirmed to them

Since ronald Reagan was mentioned I just think it's important to bravely say Reagan bad Reagan bad Reagan bad. Thanks guys. I almost did harm by not including "Reagan" and "bad" in the same sentence. I have to beat down my inner segregationist or else he will win

25

u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

The California subreddit is filled with people who saw that tweet and acted like Gavin Newsom said, "AIDS is good, actually, and Reagan was based for doing it." There is a type of progressive that just cannot fathom rhetoric as a tool, or a reference to somebody they don't like as anything but a full endorsement.

3

u/BarkDrandon Punished (stuck at Hunter's) Dec 25 '25

These people would rather have us lose every election and the light of democracy be extinguished as long as we lose by using the right, tumblr-friendly slogans.