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This is one sample visit to the conservative subreddit. It's an appalling example of the impact of disinformation. When you need to be reminded of who the enemy is and what they think, visit here. You will see that there is no gratitude or mutual respect, and there never was. There was never any concept of mutual benefit. And now, with Trump leading the cult, there truly is no depth to which they won't go, and no decisions from Trump that won't be retroactively justified.

These people are dangerous, and they don't give a shit about any alliances, friendship or partnership. And they control the levers of power.

Edit to add a screenshot. Not sure how to add more, but it doesn't get any better as you go deeper. What's clear is that this relationship is over, and we need to move on.

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[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Conservative voters are the dumbest fucking things, I swear. They go on about patriotism, yet want nothing more than to watch the downfall of their countries. Pathetic.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The problem is that we no longer agree on what reality is with Trump sycophants. For them lies are truth, night is day, less then 1% of fentanyl is a national emergency, etc even when presented with facts and objectivity. It’s legit terrifying and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know how our politicans are able to deal with people they can’t share reality with. Canada’s going to bear the brunt of US delusion and unreality.

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[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doubling down on tribalism won't save us from their ignorance. The degradation of a unified society by means of Us vs. Them thinking is how we got here in the first place and how things continue to get worse.

There are those at the fringes of that style of thinking that can be reached by those of us who are adjacent to them (via family, mutual friends, workplaces, etc.). Those folks at the fringes can reach those adjacent to them. We'll never get 100% of them on side but we can at least weaken the well-funded machine that continues to keep them uninformed by relating to people as human beings instead of stoking division like oligarchs intend for us to do.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

LOL! Then you have the Putin Bots and Xi's $0.50 Army mixing in with the f'ed up MAGAts.

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[–] AstridWipenaugh@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I used to read it to see what conservatives were thinking. There used to be actual discourse in the comments about policy positions. It's now nothing more than brainrot and Russian trolls.

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Has anyone found the secret spot where conservatives act normal and explain their reasoning? Please don't make me install nextdoor

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Last time I had a "conservative act normal and explain their reasoning" they sounded like a toddler trying to explain the world to me. Lol

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, seen my fair share of conservatives fail to preface their shock and disagreement with something with a lengthy apologia and get the banhammer for being a 'brigadier'.

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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

All of these comments are severely downvoted. What are you every saying here? That one incredibly unpopular opinion represents them all?

Don't get me wrong, fuck them all. But this is such a stupid argument for your hate.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I don't need r/Conservative as an argument for my hate. Listen to Rogan, or read any one of the dozens of other threads at that sub. Or even look a bit deeper in that post.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

That happens when r/conservative gets to the front page where they are pant’ed/ brigaded.

They do not reach those numbers on their own, and the most heinous shit is defended by the mods with the same voracity as Reagan

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Lmao.

"My act of war is not an act of war. Your response to it is!!!" - Trump Sheep #15674

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Funny, it's exactly what Putin said about Ukraine. That and "It's not a real country," which Elon Musk recently said of Canada.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Given the crap you can read on the White House website nowadays, I'm questioning more whether America is a real country, because it feels more like three fascist oligarchs in a trenchcoat.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

I mean, it tracks with their view of the Ukraine situation as well.

It also tracks with the general conservative mindset that the "in group" is protected by laws, but not beholden to them; while the "out group" is beholden to laws, but not protected by them.

Which all tracks with having the mindset of a toddler, free of any shred of empathy, where, until proven otherwise every other person in existence is by default just an NPC without agency or self-determination.

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Personally, I automatically hate anyone that describes themselves as conservative, but you have to know that r/Conservative is not a very good representation of the entire group. It's EXTREME and one of the most blatant echo chambers I've ever witnessed; any dissent will earn you a ban from that sub.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That subreddit is nothing more than an echo chamber. If you express an even slightly reasonable view, you get banned.

The only way for dissenting opinions to be expressed is with the downvote button, and even then most reasonable people avoid going there because it's so frustrating to read.

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[–] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm confused. The screenshot you shared just has two idiots sharing stupid opinions and 1.1 thousand/389 people (likely from the same subreddit) disagreeing with them.

I'm not saying the conservative subreddit isn't unhinged, but this feels pretty cherry picked.

Maybe share a photo of the most upvoted comments for a better reference?

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It was a highly-awarded reply to the top comment, so it was the second comment you would see by default sorting (though it starts minimized).

But yeah to @OP this is not America or what Americans think. That sub is pure Russian disinfo and astroturfing. You could argue that it represents the administration and current policy, but most of the actual people here recognize this as lunacy, even on within the Putin echo chamber.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you spent time on other platforms like Threads you’d see a lot more of this being continuously spewed. It’s why I deleted my accounts on several services. While this might be a cherry picked example from that sub, the far right revisionist take is far, far more common on popular social media than you think.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

One of the downsides of remote work is that I don't really talk to anyone outside my political alignment anymore, so it's hard for me to know anymore what's a bot/astroturf campaign and what IRL conservatives are actually thinking anymore.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pedo-Donald will try to annex Canada. For the first time of my life I'm considering getting a gun. We cannot trust conservatives anymore. Poilievre and mostly Ford are just playing the though guy card now to negociate a position, mark my words. Be prepare to fight.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

A shotgun is a really excellent choice. You don't have to be crazy accurate at close quarters, but you can still reach out and touch someone (remember, they're used for hunting Duck, Turkey, and Deer; games have to massively nerf their range because they're OP in real life). The ammo is pretty much everywhere and pretty affordable compared to some others. Also, if things don't kick off, you're not stuck with some mall ninja kit.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Accept the annexation and in 10 years the entire US government will be run by Canadians. Just look at their entertainment industry, they can't resist our Canadian charms.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Funny but I will die before anyone can call me an american, that I can guarantee.

[–] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago

The only 1% these guys can be in is 1% posters on the conservative subreddit.

[–] Guns0rWeD13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
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