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Performatively pretending to support movements against oppression is just no longer, in any way, less frustrating than the conservative tendency to just outright support oppression, and that's all liberals do.

Obviously, conservatives are evil and huge pieces of shit, but I'm at a point in my online presence where I just expect the most brainlet shit from them.

Libs, on the other hand, are just in an indefinite cycle of spouting bad takes that enable oppression, but due to ignorance, they think they're actively helping fight against it.

As a trans person of color, bigotry from conservatives is phasing me much less nowadays, but racism and transphobia from libs now seems significantly more abhorrent.

Don't expect me to explain the psychology behind it. This is just how it be like sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

To build on that, I think it's because "we" actively challenged and continued to grow our understanding to better fit the values held as a liberal. To us, the path out of liberalism is clear if you're willing to really hold true to values like freedom for all and a sensible form of governance.

The contractions are everywhere, and instead of doing anything to show they do sincerely believe what they say, they make excuses or expend no effort to try and make their beliefs a reality. They'd rather blame everyone to their left and right after doing their one act to effect change, voting, than challenge themselves and their institutions.

Ultimately I think having someone who pretends to care about the same things as you be such obstinate shitheads is much more bothersome than someone who doesn't. Stolen valor or something