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This is what actual brandishing looks like (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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Top text: Like a lot of people I’d forgotten about these fucks Screenshot of a tweet from @ClimateDefiance reads: Patricia and Mark McCloskey brought weapons to a protest. They were honored as keynote speakers at the 2020 RNC. Included image depicts a man with glasses in a pink polo, Mark McCloskey, pointing a rifle at people off screen next to his wife Patricia McCloskey, a woman in a striped shirt, who is also pointing a pistol at protestors at a the June 28, 2020 St. Louis, Missouri George Floyd Protest.
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[–] 48 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I wish the internet would get over its collective obsession with pointing out conservative double standards. They don't care that they have double standards. In fact its a power move to show that they're above whatever petty moral code everyone else has tied themselves to

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  • [–] 24 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    You're correct, of course. But there are still a certain amount of Republican voters who like to pretend they have principles. Then there are also so-called centrists and politically disengaged folks. Sometimes they need to be reminded exactly who these charlatans are, so there can be no excuse for confusing one side of the political spectrum with the other.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, I came to the same understanding when I used to counter conspiracy nuts denying climate change and evolution etc.

    You'll never convince them they're wrong or hypocrites... But people who stumble upon the thread that are not super critical thinkers will see the discussion and you can help them realise the person is actually full of shit.

    Sometimes they can lie believably enough that people fall for it, and some of those people will snap out of it when they see the contradiction and logical fallacies.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    They've beaten you into submission.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I'm not beaten, I'm suggesting alternate strategy

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    What alternate strategy?

    To be clear, I think I mostly agree with you, that certain people are entrenched and merely pointing out hypocrisy does nothing to change their ways of thinking. What other options are there?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Idk really, community organizing, forming mutual aid groups, etc. Getting out and talking to your neighbors. Just tired of seeing the same old double standards posted like it'll matter, and nothing actually getting done besides furious typing

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    LARPing valuable insight is the least amount of action that people can put in while feeling they contributed something. "Oooh, look at them. Now someone else do something about it!"

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