• peregrin5@piefed.social
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    For Republicans it actually boosts their poll numbers.

    People want to be openly racist again. That’s what MAGA really means.

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      People want to be openly racist again. That’s what MAGA really means.

      And on this one should think a bit further and realize that any action causes a reaction.

      Maybe outright socially punishing racism shouldn’t have been the focus, and instead more effort should have been spent making sure more people know how, well, genetics work and also dream of stuff not involving racial difference, like future space travel or peaceful united humanity, that kind of thing. So that they’d make their own conclusions and have their own wishes.

      So - they are tired of “the establishment” not making anything better, and that means they are also tired of some rules of public decency associated with that establishment. One of the reasons MAGA activism looks so gross - they want it to look gross. Because “gross” is not like that picture of “respectable politics”, so already better.

      In general studying psychology of people who are your opponents is beneficial. And especially hard when you can’t make yourself respect them.

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        You lost me at “not socially punishing racism”.

        Sorry but GTFOH with your racism apologism.

        Republicans are also cutting education so fat chance getting these people educated also.

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          And that’s why you deserve whatever you get, because you are not even capable of properly reading a thought wiser than your whole fucking life, without even any pressure being put on you.

          I said that if you punish people, they don’t go all “sorry uncle, I won’t do that again”, they go all “fuck you motherfucker, I’m getting a gun”. Is that clear?

          So punishing anyone anywhere is a bad idea by default, there are very specific cases when there’s no better solution. Mostly when the other side can only be stopped by force.