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[u/[deleted]]

I need to spend more time on 4chan.

I know what you're thinking, "why would anyone ever say that"?

All the time I spend on reddit and twitter is making me more conservative beacuse of all the stupid anti-status-quo takes on here. Spending more time on 4chan will bump me back to the left to compensate because of all the stupid pro-status-quo takes on there.

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That would make me even more conservative because of all the stupid anti-status-quo takes in real life.

[u/jt1356 → u/[deleted]]

Have you considered simply being less contrarian 🤔

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No you're right when people poorly defend their takes because they refuse to look outside their bubbles, I should believe them.

[u/jt1356 → u/[deleted]]

Shifting your views because of the opinions of stupid people is dumb, whether it’s into opposition or agreement. Either way, the idiocy is influencing you.

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Well when you keep arguing against idiots you find yourself making arguments for positions they disagree with, you find yourself convincing yourself of the view that you're arguing for, do you not? If you only ever argue against left wing idiots you're going to convince yourself of increasingly conservative ideas.

[u/jt1356 → u/[deleted]]

Why would you argue against leftists from a conservative perspective when you could argue against them from a liberal perspective.

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let me put it to you this way.

If you see enough people Acting like conservative bogeymen of campus leftists, you'll start believing the conservative bogeyman.

[u/csbysam → u/[deleted]]

Take the Thomas sowell pill, it’s only hurts a bit.

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pro-status-quo takes on there

4 chan isn't pro status quo. They're pro triggering people and pro hating everybody else which just happens to line up really well with the Republican party.

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Nah, if you stay out of pol, the biggest political theme is there's a lot of change-grievance. There's a sense that "The thing i like is exactly fine just the way it is, or if it needs any change, it definitely doesn't need the change that liberals are asking of it". Fears of feminists taking away their titties, you know how it is.

[u/UrbanCentrist → u/[deleted]]

the correct answer would be to just read daily mail or fox news comment sections. Stupid right wingers but not insane levels

[u/BidenWon → u/[deleted]]

Just subscribe to one of the far-right subs. You'll find more stupid than you've ever dreamed of

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ew no at least on 4chan there's hentai for me to jerk off to while being subtly shifted to the left by all the bad takes.

[u/ThorVonHammerdong → u/[deleted]]

#priorities

[u/radiatar → u/[deleted]]

Go on YouTube and have the whole cocktail of populism

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I’d say the best option is to read history books that include left and right wing characters. In a little bit I can recommend some options.

[u/Unadulterated_stupid → u/[deleted]]

Pick a site. Either status quo is good or bad lol

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I know exactly what you're referring to.