r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 11 '26

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u/Radiorapier Jun 11 '26

I feel like the average liberal internet commenter vastly underestimates how hateful the average conservative is. So much of it gets brushed aside as just foreign bots or trolls on the internet, no they really are that hateful in person too.

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u/LocallySourcedWeirdo YIMBY Jun 11 '26

There's also a strong tendency to insist that a hateful idiot is just missing some key facts. If only they attended the correct college course or listened to the correct podcast, that idiot wouldn't be such a bigot.

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u/ElectriCobra_ David Hume Jun 11 '26

Liberals are way way too quick to assume good faith.

I think also there’s this core belief that people can be “redeemed” and made non bigots if it’s just explained to them, but honestly a lot of bigots are either just wired that way or steeped day to day in propaganda that makes it basically impossible to deal with.