• Acute_Engles [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    I have a weirdvote friend in my life even though we do not live in the US. They were scolding me for not being in support of Harris and said that my rhetoric could influence an American online to not vote for Harris.

    It seems to me like it’s less about having a coherent view of the world and more about having the view that allows you to feel the most superior to others.

    • beef_curds [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      7 days ago

      That’s amazing. Tell your friend they were right and you convinced me. This is all your fault. Buy them a drink to apologize. lmaoo.

    • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]@hexbear.netOP
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      Before I stopped using reddit-logo I had some voter perv tell me I had to vote for Biden despite living in a non swing state because Trump was going to rig the election and if we all just voted hard enough he wouldn’t be able to do that.

    • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      I think the superiority is incidental. It feels to me like being a Dem is their way if Doing The Right Thing, they just follow the rules and feel self-assured, so when someone comes along who doesn’t Do The Right Thing, they are outraged and revolted by this challenge to the thing that makes them feel assured.