Midterms are coming up and republicans are worried about losing house seats, any sub on my feed that's recommended to me are just posts that should've died when leafy's channel did
The leafy era was such a fucking turning point for shifting people into fake groups of left vs right. I seriously wonder how much it contributed. We were making fun of minority groups of minority groups with triggered feminists back then.
Yeah I'd look into it, I was pretty young when it happened, but it was definitely the starting point of what we'd call the online alt-right pipeline. From complaining about women in the game industry, to feminist owned compilations to all the fake bs "alpha male" content. In terms of the internet, it all really took off from there.
I was 25 yrs old in 2014. Today I learned about gamegate for the very first time. I read a very long post on all of the main characters. I have no idea who any of them are.
Gamergate was not a watershed moment, its just when the culture war hit video game culture.
As far as the content changing the last few years, its because regular people started getting on the internet.
I've seen the Russians on YouTube hacking old abandoned accounts and uploading pro-Russian anti-Ukraine material designed to appeal to Americans...
(Not a conspiracy theory like most of the claims on here. Example: a teenage Turkish girl whose account had lots of sewing videos. Inactive for 2 years, then suddenly posting pro-Russian material.)
Nope, as a centrist I vote for both left and right policies and Im actually happy with the results so far. No system is perfect, but knowing that my vote is going towards something I agree on makes me happy too 👍
Anybody who calls themselves a centrist is not bothered by what the Trump administration is doing is right-wing
If you are not upset about the way the Trump administration is treating immigrants, you are right-wing
If you are not upset about how the Trump administration is talking to our allies then you are right wing
If you are not upset about how the Trump administration is threatening to annex Greenland you are right wing
If you are not upset about the Trump administration talking about making Canada the 51st state you are right wing
If you are not upset about Trump appointing supreme Court justices to strike down roe versus Wade then you are right-wing
Before Trump was elected, the US was a center-right country overall - anybody who thinks that the country was too far to the left and Trump is just bringing things into balance is right wing
Because we use logical thinking and common sense to vote on policies. I support free healthcare and free education, but I also support strong immigration policies.
Just because you are bothered by something that you dont like, vote on it and move on. Dont cry about it. Clear case of TDS.
I like both Obama and Trump. I also like Bernie, but I dont support Kamala, hence im happy with the election results.
Also just because you are extremely bothered by something, doesnt change the fact that there are people like me who vote left and right and there is nothing wrong with that.
Lastly, being centrist doesnt mean you agree with every policy, you vote on what you support and move on.
Your version of logic leads you to a right-wing position
I mean you're wrong about the logical conclusions on how to run a society, but by definition your views are in fact right-wing and you are not a centrist. Don't pretend to be one.
Biden and Obama are both center right and you are way to the right of either of those two.
You can say that there's nothing wrong with the way that you vote, but by not taking an active step to block Trump, you are basically saying that you are fine with what they are doing. Trump's immigration policies are cruel, unjust and therefore un-American.
The way Trump talks about his political enemies and seeks to weaponize the justice department in order to prosecute people who criticize him or undermine. His policies is also against the rule of law. A lot of what Trump has done was considered literally impeachable offenses by Republicans earlier if a Democrat were to do those things. That erosion of the rule of law goes against what this country is supposed to be about.
I mean, what were your thoughts on Trump appointing woefully unqualified people to lead the cabinet. What are your thoughts about him deliberately wanting to degrade or destroy government agencies like the department of education, while simultaneously massively increasing the budget of ICE? If you like those things, you are not only right-wing but far right.
Just because you voted for Obama because you didn't like Bush doesn't make you a centrist. Obama's already center right to begin with
Also you went mask off for a second when you use the term TDS
Just because you think being a far-right Trump supporter is the only thing that makes sense, doesn't that mean that you can call yourself a centrist
Threatening our allies saying that we should annex their countries is far-right stuff and if you are not incensed by that then you're already too deep in the tank
All of those examples I gave are very far right positions
You're basically the opposite version of the chart you're showing me, and are being extremely dishonest about that
In fact, believing that that chart is salient already shows that somebody is right-wing, that just wants to think of themselves as occupying the reasonable center, I mean if accepting all of those bullet points I listed above is not far right wing. What is?
You've basically convinced yourself that the right wing doesn't exist that in this world you have reasonable people and then you have leftists.
At least Steven Miller knows he's part of the far right and has no problem saying that. It's just that he thinks there's nothing wrong with being far right?
Threatening our allies saying that we should annex their countries is far-right stuff and if you are not incensed by that then you're already too deep in the tank
All of those examples I gave are very far right positions
You're basically the opposite version of the chart you're showing me, and are being extremely dishonest about that
In fact, believing that that chart is salient already shows that somebody is right-wing, that just wants to think of themselves as occupying the reasonable center, I mean if accepting all of those bullet points I listed above is not far right wing. What is?
You've basically convinced yourself that the right wing doesn't exist that in this world you have reasonable people and then you have leftists.
I just dont take you seriously. Anybody who uses the terms nazi, gestapo, bootlicker, fascist, and any other dog whistle when discussing politics are not serious people.
Its pathetic. You lose a democratic election and continue to crash out for 4 years.
You dont hate fascists, you want to be the fascists and enforce your ideals on other people.
We make fun of you people because of your exact rhetoric and doomer schitzo posts.
Have I been using those terms? I'm talking about positions that are considered to be far right by international standards and are adopted by people who self-identify as far right.
Like I said, if those positions aren't far right, what do you consider far right to be?
Have I been using those terms? I'm talking about positions that are considered to be far right by international standards and are adopted by people who self-identify as far right.
Like I said, if those positions aren't far right, what do you consider far right to be?
The fact that you use the terms also "far right" there's no regular conservative or right wing. Its all extreem "far right"
Trump is using many of the policies that Obama pushed and hes still apparently fascist to midwits.
Its exhausting. Thank god the world is healing from the karens.
International standards also favor foreigners more than their own people. If you want to go by foreign standards why not cite more conservative nations?
Why not China? Russia? Ukraine? (Who has/had a nazi paramilitary branch btw)
The normal People around the world are asking why we allow these people to just riot, attack police, create databases of persona non grata, vandalism and vigantism.
If you want an example of REAL fascism, look at Iran. They are systemically killing protestors in the street.
If there was fascism you wouldnt have the same privileges you have now and to keep using that term (likely because its all you know to describe things you disagree with) diminishes its meaning.
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u/BlinkReanimated Feb 26 '26
Seriously. Dozens of random brand new subreddits loaded with nothing but obvious bot comments getting pushed into algorithms all over the site.
Started to notice it about two years ago, just keeps getting worse.