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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago

Anyone who says they became a right-winger because they hated their fellow left-wingers is lying.

But, of course, every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word.

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 month ago

not fellow left-wingers - one way many people get pushed right is by watching right wing content that just shows lefties acting like idiots and then goes "omg look SJWs so dumb". So people get turned off from feminism or progressivism before they have a chance to actually engage with it. Then, there's only one direction to go when frustration sets in - right.

Just look at the amount of ragebait on (conventional) social media showing feminists or queer activists or woke people acting cringe. It's the first step of the right-wing pipeline.

[-] wanderingmagus@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Or they engage one too many times with hexbear and lemmygrad and .ml posters and now associate "left" with tankie.

[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

people seem to forget that the GOP has been mastering propaganda and echo chambers since the 60s. so as soon as the Internet came alongz they knew exactly how to utilize it to get this effect. it's honestly terrifying, and I think it at least partially explains the rise of alt right nutjobs in the last 20 years

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

The common refrain of how we're doomed by climate change and the fact we can't fix it, so nothing matters anyway has their fingerprints all over it

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

yeah exactly, imagine abandoning your entire worldview because someone was mean to you one too many times. You'd need to have no moral compass nor a spine to do that

~~if a fellow leftie is mean to me i just call them a tankie and move on with my life /j~~

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I agree with the sentiment but I'd say in the ones who genuinely believe it, it's a result of them being successfully deceived or manipulated

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