I have a close friend that I’ve known 20 years who became obsessed with right-wing politics. even though I’m liberal, I don’t make it my entire personality and life. But anyway… I was talking to him this morning casually like friends do.

Me: “Hey man. Do you have off today for MLK day?” Friend: “No, I have to work today.” Me: “Damn, sorry to hear. I have off today since it’s a company holiday.” Friend: “Yeah, I work for a living. Guess that’s the difference me and people who live in an ivory tower.” Me: “Uhh I work for a living too. Idk why you’re acting like I don’t?” Friend: “I didn’t mean you specifically. But you’re off and I’m not so it shows that you get to relax at least. You should be able to handle the truth lol. There’s no shame in admitting that I’m a harder worker than everyone else. you shouldn’t be so sensitive”

Honestly, he’s not unique, either. I’ve met so many people who are conservative, obsessed with right-wing stuff, and they’re all like this. They act like they’re special and the whole world is lazy, “no one wants to work anymore” attitude.

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.world
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    You’re judging people based on some flaky righty-lefty dogma that attempts to put people in teams.
    Judge people on action

    I literally listed actions of individuals. I did previously also very clearly provide logic explaining how the right has defined their party as “all or nothing” themselves. If you don’t want to be a part of a party that wants that, then don’t support that party.

    Additionally, you’re the one spouting brainless “left bad” nonsense without anything to back it up:

    Much more tolerant than a lot of people who vote left that i’ve mer.

    Then you’re trying to put words in my mouth:

    Especially when you call them evil, or whatever you think they might be.
    don’t fucking label half your country as evil.

    I never even said the word “evil”. I think you just outed yourself.

    My gut feeling? You did lose the election. Are you not living in the same world I am? You have lost touch with what people want and prioritize.

    I never said anything about not losing “the election” (Note how that’s different from “elections” like you said earlier. Now you’re shifting the goalpost). I was specifically asking about your claims for the cause of lost “elections” (again, different from “the election”). You made a very specific claim about the cause of lost elections, and you also said “elections” which claims like these need backing data and information, otherwise you’re talking out of your ass.

    But again, it seems you’ve outlined the disconnect there in that you’ve decided to live in a different world where you get to choose what I said and what I meant. Good luck in that little world of yours, kiddo. Keep me out of it.

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      “right wingers” or “decent people”. Choose one, because they are mutually exclusive.

      Your words. Literally. Stop labeling people.

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        I love your method of completely ignoring my point that I’ve very clearly outlined and just replace it with whatever you’ve decided my point is.

        You’re the living embodiment of “I reject your reality and substitute it with my own.”