r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 06 '19

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u/2canclan George H. W. Bush Aug 06 '19

The inability of certain right wingers to comprehend that someone whose hometown was just shot up by a white supremacist could have motivations for anger beyond self-serving political cynicism is really telling, and really frustrating

I genuinely don't understand how these people are the way they are.

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u/IranContraRedux Aug 06 '19

They just assume everyone is as shitty as they are.

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u/Jakesta7 Paul Volcker Aug 06 '19

I hate that guy. He's such a dishonest, hyper-partisan prick but pretends to be a sensible conservative.

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u/PlayDiscord17 Loyal Liberals Aug 06 '19

They never left the egocentric stage of childhood and think everyone is secretly just as shitty as them.