• NotAPenguin@kbin.social
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    You should see the comments on instagram reels whenever a teacher posts something and there’s a rainbow in the background, like just a rainbow on the wall in a kindergarten class or something, so many people absolutely fucking lose their minds and spew the most vile shit at these teachers, it’s bizarre.

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          Cool, so why is it exclusively that the right are able to dominate these posts instead of having a more nuanced or mixed discussions. Are they just more commonly held opinions or is it something else.

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            Because when normal people with critical thinking skills see a rainbow in the back of a classroom, we don’t even register it. It’s not political to us at all. It’s just a wall decoration. So why would we hone in on it? Most of us probably don’t even “see” it.

            Any sign of a rainbow at all is triggering to those who lack critical thinking skills. They latch onto it and start screaming about the LGBTQ+ agenda. And they spread it to their base to fill the hate tank and get them all riled up.

            Meanwhile the rest of us are like “There was a rainbow on the wall…?”

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              Usually when I see a rainbow it’s just “oh cool! A rainbow! :D” and then I go on with my day, if it’s a lgbtqia+ flag or something I may say that I like their (item the flag is on) but that’s it. It boggles my mind to think someone sees something as innocent as a rainbow and thinks that it’s something malicious and not just the person who put it up thinking it’s cool

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            It’s not because the commenters are politically conservative or have commonly held views; it’s because they’re part of organized hate groups.

            What sort of a nuanced discussion are you envisioning here, and are you envisioning that in response to bigoted comments or in an attempt to drown those comments out?

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            It’s because outrage is a strong motivator. That’s why posts that stoke outrage are so popular on social media.

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              Yes, and algorithms reward posts with engagement. A hate-filled comment sparks an argument and the post gets more traction.

              Plus, people aren’t as likely to comment something benign, like, “lovely ABCs!”

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            Because it is the right that’s conditioned to see things as black and white, and that values members falling in line with what they do or do not support.

            Combine that with the dunning-kruger effect, and they are extremely confident that their very simplified view of the world is right, and they shout it from the rooftops.

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                Just observations from my experience with people around me, from living in a 3/4 red area in a purple state, and from having to listened to a couple years of talk radio before podcasts were a thing.

                The whole conservative media sphere states what is obviously good and obviously evil, and they repeat it over and over until the simple “truths” they spread get conditioned into people as an agreed-upon set of basic rules about the world. That’s how they’ve become so far detached from reality.

                It’s very much like a religion, because if you vote for a democrat you’re basically a bad person or at best mentally ill.

                Of course, other political parties and other organizations have their die-hard fanatical supporters. It’s just that in my limited, anecdotal experience, it is expected of everyday folks in the Republican base.

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              I don’t bother blocking them on social media. I block them in real life. The moment I find out that you’re registered Republican, is the same moment that I will cut you off from all the community support I provide, and will refuse to even speak to you again.

              A couple of them have gotten the message