Forwarded from rebel's dark laughter
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SolarHoboism
You ever get confused as to why the political right is so succinctly supporting your views, then realize they are just disgusted and and think all of their followers will be as well?
What it reminds me of is this scene towards the end of Napoleon Dynamite. Napoleon's friend Pedro was running for student body president for entirely wholesome reasons, and Napoleon danced his heart out following a campaign speech at a school assembly. This whole time, there's a guy that represents the establishment at the school making this face, and he continues to make this face all the way through the performance and even after Napoleon gets a standing ovation. That's about the level of regard some people give opposing ideas, or even just new ones.
We should avoid doing this ourselves - putting up 'cringe' without presenting comment. It doesn't really reinforce ideas to put opposition up like a freakshow, it just helps us feel right, and it can work against us if people on the fence don't immediately see what is wrong with, for example, a fascist's argument cropped from Facebook.
We should avoid doing this ourselves - putting up 'cringe' without presenting comment. It doesn't really reinforce ideas to put opposition up like a freakshow, it just helps us feel right, and it can work against us if people on the fence don't immediately see what is wrong with, for example, a fascist's argument cropped from Facebook.