Comment on Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?

Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can confirm, many “conservative atheists” I knew in the beginning of 2010’s (they almost all became christian if they didn’t leave conservatism itself) were conservative due to some combination of “we need conservative representation within atheists” and the “they told me I would eventually grow out from liberalism, I’m just doing the unavoidable”.

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  • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I will never understand conservative athiests. You are conserving something you don’t believe.

    A lot of it also comes from the I’m smart enough to not need religion but the masses do thing I’ve seen a lot recently.

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• ameancow@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yah even as a man of science and research, even I got about 3/4 through the article and started rolling my eyes.

  This is a lot of over-explanation for the common state of stupidity that comes from having shit parents, shitty school and living in a poor, shitty area. Some people rise above their adversity and insecurity, through whatever arcane and secret paths one’s thought streams follow, others become defined by their stupidity and fear and insecurity and find a community that lets them validate such feelings.

  You’re never going to get rid of the stupid segment of your population, and in fact if you want to mitigate the damage they can do, as a leader you should provide for them and make sure they’re not suffering like the rest of us, because it’s not the stupid themselves that are the problem, it’s what they become when they’re desperate.

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  • fishy@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As far as I’m concerned we should just admit they’re gullible and want to blame someone for their failings. Let’s take that and manipulate them to our ends. Blame the billionaires, call them thieves, keep rattling the cage and provoking them. Tell them they’d have a Ferrari if Bozo and the rat didn’t steal from them. Sure it’s gross, but it’s what you’d do with a child refusing to take their medicine. It’s ultimately for their own good.

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• fishy@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gullible yes, probably motions too. You can be extremely intelligent and still have massive blind spots. My mom and Grandpa are both conservatives but I’d consider them intelligent. I was able to have discussions with them and convince them a lot of conservative policy is unnecessarily cruel and short sighted. Got both to promise me they wouldn’t vote for Trump, but they’re fiscally conservative because they’ve got money.

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