I have wondered that at times. I'm a disaffected liberal so I understand where old school leftie beliefs come from, but they now went over the deep end and seem to keep getting worse. It's probably something simpler like believing the media propaganda but...
I have wondered that at times. I'm a disaffected liberal so I understand where old school leftie beliefs come from, but they now went over the deep end and seem to keep getting worse. It's probably something simpler like believing the media propaganda but...
It is one of those things that make you go hmmmm.... I lost a longtime (30+ year) friend over the 2020 elections. She has always been a liberal, and I was always a conservative but we used to be able to have rational conversations. But her hatred of Trump seemed to 'go to 11' once the Jan 6 narrative went into overdrive. Her timeline is a non stop parroting of all the usual talking points. She quit returning my calls and texts. Initially thought maybe she'd come around to some form of common ground but she seems to like the deep end she has gone off. She did get the shots and boosters....but it's more likely that people who fully immerse themselves in any ideology without questioning will develop tunnel vision.
I have wondered that at times. I'm a disaffected liberal so I understand where old school leftie beliefs come from, but they now went over the deep end and seem to keep getting worse. It's probably something simpler like believing the media propaganda but...
It is one of those things that make you go hmmmm.... I lost a longtime (30+ year) friend over the 2020 elections. She has always been a liberal, and I was always a conservative but we used to be able to have rational conversations. But her hatred of Trump seemed to 'go to 11' once the Jan 6 narrative went into overdrive. Her timeline is a non stop parroting of all the usual talking points. She quit returning my calls and texts. Initially thought maybe she'd come around to some form of common ground but she seems to like the deep end she has gone off. She did get the shots and boosters....but it's more likely that people who fully immerse themselves in any ideology without questioning will develop tunnel vision.