There have been a couple studies about the actual brain differences between people on the left and their less developed progress stopping conservatives. scientificamerican.com/…/conservative-and-liberal…
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IzzyJ@lemmy.world 7 months agoWhy arent you afraid of them though, they really will do actual terrible things
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
jbrains@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Are you afraid of them or do you hate them? Those seem like two independent opinions to me, but I’m wondering if you’re conflating them.
I’m afraid of them and I don’t hate them.
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I hate them because i have to constantly be afraid of them.
jbrains@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I can both understand and relate to being afraid of them. As you wrote, they do real damage and they seem intent on doing more and they seem to feel it’s their mission to do so. From what I can tell, they have been programmed to see the very concept of progressive thinking as evil. Fearing them seems sensible, because being aware of the threat makes it easier to defend against or protect oneself from.
But how exactly does it improve your life to hate them?
IzzyJ@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It doesn’t improve it. You could argue it makes it worse since I often face social rejection from the left for it…for some inexplicable reason. But I don’t simply choose to hate or not hate something, the same way one does not simply chose their sexuality or gender or race or emotions.
undercrust@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Hating people never leads to logical outcomes. I’d rather accept that they’ve been somewhat brainwashed and battle against it, than hate my neighbour.