• MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    It was a radicalizing moment for me realizing that a lot of people WANT to be ignorant to preserve their shaky worldviews. Like they’re scared of changing their minds from the safe liberal concensus and somehow this us just how most burger bros operate.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      4 days ago

      The lib I know, and perhaps this info may be of some use, was willing to reconsider his views only after speaking with another lib he trusts intimately; the crazy thing is that apparently he knew what I was saying made sense but didn’t want to budge on his position until basically other libs he did trust were willing to confirm it

      Basically he’s treating it like a team sport