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This is one sample visit to the conservative subreddit. It's an appalling example of the impact of disinformation. When you need to be reminded of who the enemy is and what they think, visit here. You will see that there is no gratitude or mutual respect, and there never was. There was never any concept of mutual benefit. And now, with Trump leading the cult, there truly is no depth to which they won't go, and no decisions from Trump that won't be retroactively justified.

These people are dangerous, and they don't give a shit about any alliances, friendship or partnership. And they control the levers of power.

Edit to add a screenshot. Not sure how to add more, but it doesn't get any better as you go deeper. What's clear is that this relationship is over, and we need to move on.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 45 minutes ago

I saw someone on Facebook today talking about the orange rapist's claim that the US subsidizes us. Um, no.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, a trade war with Canada is easy to win for the US

A trade war with Canada and Mexico is a bit tougher, the two biggest trading partners, pretty much

Mexico, Canada and China is tough

Mexico l, China, Canada, and the EU? You're fucked US

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Conservative voters are the dumbest fucking things, I swear. They go on about patriotism, yet want nothing more than to watch the downfall of their countries. Pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 minutes ago

And cheer on dictators who offered $5k for each American soldier they killed.

It's just a cult - they don't stand for country, freedom (lol), military, or anyone but themselves. Conservatism at it's core is caring more about yourself than others.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Doubling down on tribalism won't save us from their ignorance. The degradation of a unified society by means of Us vs. Them thinking is how we got here in the first place and how things continue to get worse.

There are those at the fringes of that style of thinking that can be reached by those of us who are adjacent to them (via family, mutual friends, workplaces, etc.). Those folks at the fringes can reach those adjacent to them. We'll never get 100% of them on side but we can at least weaken the well-funded machine that continues to keep them uninformed by relating to people as human beings instead of stoking division like oligarchs intend for us to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

The problem is that we no longer agree on what reality is with Trump sycophants. For them lies are truth, night is day, less then 1% of fentanyl is a national emergency, etc even when presented with facts and objectivity. It’s legit terrifying and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know how our politicans are able to deal with people they can’t share reality with. Canada’s going to bear the brunt of US delusion and unreality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

LOL! Then you have the Putin Bots and Xi's $0.50 Army mixing in with the f'ed up MAGAts.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Lmao.

"My act of war is not an act of war. Your response to it is!!!" - Trump Sheep #15674

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Funny, it's exactly what Putin said about Ukraine. That and "It's not a real country," which Elon Musk recently said of Canada.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

Given the crap you can read on the White House website nowadays, I'm questioning more whether America is a real country, because it feels more like three fascist oligarchs in a trenchcoat.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 hours ago

I mean, it tracks with their view of the Ukraine situation as well.

It also tracks with the general conservative mindset that the "in group" is protected by laws, but not beholden to them; while the "out group" is beholden to laws, but not protected by them.

Which all tracks with having the mindset of a toddler, free of any shred of empathy, where, until proven otherwise every other person in existence is by default just an NPC without agency or self-determination.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I used to read it to see what conservatives were thinking. There used to be actual discourse in the comments about policy positions. It's now nothing more than brainrot and Russian trolls.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 minutes ago

Let's be real, it's russian bot-rot too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Has anyone found the secret spot where conservatives act normal and explain their reasoning? Please don't make me install nextdoor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Last time I had a "conservative act normal and explain their reasoning" they sounded like a toddler trying to explain the world to me. Lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, seen my fair share of conservatives fail to preface their shock and disagreement with something with a lengthy apologia and get the banhammer for being a 'brigadier'.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 hours ago

That subreddit is nothing more than an echo chamber. If you express an even slightly reasonable view, you get banned.

The only way for dissenting opinions to be expressed is with the downvote button, and even then most reasonable people avoid going there because it's so frustrating to read.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

Personally, I automatically hate anyone that describes themselves as conservative, but you have to know that r/Conservative is not a very good representation of the entire group. It's EXTREME and one of the most blatant echo chambers I've ever witnessed; any dissent will earn you a ban from that sub.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I'm confused. The screenshot you shared just has two idiots sharing stupid opinions and 1.1 thousand/389 people (likely from the same subreddit) disagreeing with them.

I'm not saying the conservative subreddit isn't unhinged, but this feels pretty cherry picked.

Maybe share a photo of the most upvoted comments for a better reference?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

It was a highly-awarded reply to the top comment, so it was the second comment you would see by default sorting (though it starts minimized).

But yeah to @OP this is not America or what Americans think. That sub is pure Russian disinfo and astroturfing. You could argue that it represents the administration and current policy, but most of the actual people here recognize this as lunacy, even on within the Putin echo chamber.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

If you spent time on other platforms like Threads you’d see a lot more of this being continuously spewed. It’s why I deleted my accounts on several services. While this might be a cherry picked example from that sub, the far right revisionist take is far, far more common on popular social media than you think.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

One of the downsides of remote work is that I don't really talk to anyone outside my political alignment anymore, so it's hard for me to know anymore what's a bot/astroturf campaign and what IRL conservatives are actually thinking anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

All of these comments are severely downvoted. What are you every saying here? That one incredibly unpopular opinion represents them all?

Don't get me wrong, fuck them all. But this is such a stupid argument for your hate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't need r/Conservative as an argument for my hate. Listen to Rogan, or read any one of the dozens of other threads at that sub. Or even look a bit deeper in that post.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

That happens when r/conservative gets to the front page where they are pant’ed/ brigaded.

They do not reach those numbers on their own, and the most heinous shit is defended by the mods with the same voracity as Reagan

[–] [email protected] 52 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

This is actually classic fascist playbook:

  • We are the strongest
  • But also - o no - we are under attack from all sides, everyone is against us
[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I hope they skip ahead to the last chapter, the kys-in-a-bunker section specifically.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 hours ago

If they're gonna play follow the leader they should play it right.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Seriously why hasnt reddit banned that subreddit yet? Is not like they ARENT ban happy in other areas!

But I guess fucking fascism is A-OK!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Reddit is a soulless corporation that only wants to make money. Like a vampire, but money instead of blood. But if you drove a stake through the heart of reddit's CEO and board members, you'd go to jail for some reason. Unless the jury was super cool and nullified.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Because it generates interaction and user count. Money before country.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago

God I hate CEOs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

LMAO, because Reddit is extremely pro conservative and still largely beholden to whatever China wants.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Pedo-Donald will try to annex Canada. For the first time of my life I'm considering getting a gun. We cannot trust conservatives anymore. Poilievre and mostly Ford are just playing the though guy card now to negociate a position, mark my words. Be prepare to fight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

A shotgun is a really excellent choice. You don't have to be crazy accurate at close quarters, but you can still reach out and touch someone (remember, they're used for hunting Duck, Turkey, and Deer; games have to massively nerf their range because they're OP in real life). The ammo is pretty much everywhere and pretty affordable compared to some others. Also, if things don't kick off, you're not stuck with some mall ninja kit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Accept the annexation and in 10 years the entire US government will be run by Canadians. Just look at their entertainment industry, they can't resist our Canadian charms.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

Funny but I will die before anyone can call me an american, that I can guarantee.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago

Cesspool, the question is what % are bots.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

The only 1% these guys can be in is 1% posters on the conservative subreddit.

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