The federation drama really drives home the fact that liberals despise anyone and everyone with better politics than themselves. They want a monopoly on "being good" and being shown up enrages them. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Every liberal does it too, from center right radlibs to far-right "conservatives": the most extreme right fringe liberals hate the mainstream liberals for not being bigoted enough, the mainstream libs hate the radlibs for not being cruel enough, and the radlibs hate the left for not being chauvinist enough.

Denouncing chauvinism in particular is like a liberal moral event horizon, a cardinal sin against their self-interested belief in the righteousness of the imperial hegemon that keeps the treats flowing at gunpoint.

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[-] Florist@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

This doesn't make any sense. Liberals don't think leftists have better politics, otherwise they wouldn't be liberals anymore.

This is like saying "The reason leftists hate conservatives is because they hate anyone who has more realistic politics than them". Not really a coherent argument.

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I think it is more "They hate the possibility that they could be wrong about things." including their morals and politics.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

A lot of liberal politics is comparing themselves to fascists and saying, "hey at least I'm better than that guy". They can define themselves by being the only ideological position that tolerated minorities and is "moral". Then leftists put an end to that idea because we are even more relentless in our support for marginalized groups. It's a big reason why liberals love to pretend many socialists and communists are huge bigots, it's why the proverbial Bernie bro became a boogeyman. If liberals don't have their moral high ground, they don't have anything.

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Oh damn, I guess that's the real horseshoe theory. Or I suppose the reasoning behind it. If "tankies" are the same as fascists, there is no cognitive dissonance for a liberal, because they are still morally better.

[-] MiguelParenti@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Theres definitely a lot of smug arrogance from libs. I think the tendency to be antogonistic towards a leftist perspective or point comes from a cognitive dissonance. If they're American, they've likely been indoctrinated by institutions like the media and the education system. Anything that deviates from that or refutes it with facts and or historical context makes them question what they know while the propaganda makes them feel they're in the right.