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[–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Yeah. And they probably view guns as a way of protecting children, too.

I see a lot of posts that just completely don't understand the conservative mindset at all, and imagine that explaining things to them like one would explain things to a leftist is going to work. There's just too much inferential distance for memes like this. Sigh :/

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    you get it exactly, this kind of meme, if anything, works against our political goals, by re-affirming conservatives in their mindset and alienating them by failing to provide a rhetorical "bridge" that allows them to see things differently

    like you say, expecting them to respond as though they already agree with you (and as if you can just shame them into agreement) is entirely the wrong approach

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