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I'm a little flummoxed as to what event this is supposed to be in reference to. Which country? What land, who are these women?
What does stand out as clear is that bit at the end. "We're not [idealized trait] because libs won't let me be mean!" That's kinda been the rally cry of yankee conservatives all my life. Terms like 'thin-skinned', 'politically correct', 'cuck', or even 'woke'; I think they catch on because there's this contradiction in the hearts of yankee chuds. They're told, buy culture, by church, by government, by school, You are among the freest people on earth, aren't you lucky?* Of course, there's all sorts of structural limitations, but they don't mind that. Money, markets, property is natural... somehow. They rally against government, because that's seen as less natural to those other structures (lol), view it as some sort of artificial intervention. But what they get mad at, what a chud's boils blood, is when they feel like they can't be mean.
That is the contradiction: I'm free, so I'm free to be mean. But, other people are also free. Except, they don't use that freedom to be mean back at me. They say that I shouldn't say mean things. It makes me feel ashamed. That's wrong! That's political correctness gone mad!! The woke mind virus is trying to cuck me!!! When property or money limit freedoms, that's natural. When government does it, that's unnatural and tyranny.† When it's other people... well, that's just your sense of group dynamics. That's preinstalled, built in. There's no human structure more natural than the one inside your head. Conservatives can't handle that. Can't cope. Their worldview is the Right one! So if it's not accepted by polite society, then it must be culture that's unnatural! Commie-pinko-liberal-hippy Conspiracy!
Yankee liberals don't have this problem, but it's more because they're just not made to feel ashamed as much, not because they're any better at processing the feeling. Try as they might, conservatives can't shame liberals. Communists can however...
All this is to say, chuds can't handle when you ask them to be polite.
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Yankee conservatives are actually happy to talk about the overlap of these. When government and private property collude, they call it "corporatism". To them, it's bad because it gets in the way of "natural" private property (which is small businesses if the chud is working class, and my business if they aren't).
One thing that libs and chuds have in common is they both believe every single one of their fantasies would instantly become true if their counterpart disappeared. They both think they'd do everything they ever wanted and receive only minimal backlash. They have narrow brains.
But this is useful though, since it helps them hold on to a status quo. Liberals complained that there were too many conservatives blocking legislation even in 2009 when democrats held the house and senate. All of my conservative family members complained about liberals blocking Trump's agenda in 2017, even though Republicans held the majority.