Current Events > "You called me racist so now I'm going to vote for a racist"

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Trumpist logic ffs.
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So are you confused at to why someone would vote for someone with a similar mindset.
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More like "Your party keeps calling me racist and blaming me for everything, why would I vote for them?"

Slightly smarter people resolve this by not supporting either major party - although sometimes they have to settle for the lesser of two evils if one is particularly bad.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labeling_theory
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Burgess posted...

So are you confused at to why someone would vote for someone with a similar mindset.

No I'm confused as to why they would confirm the accusation if the most common response is to vehemently deny it.
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ZMythos posted...

Trumpist logic ffs.

Just showing you what a real racist is.
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Of course...

You label and denigrate people for disagreeing with you. And many people are going to be voting for your opponents, simply out of spite. Even, if they weren't those, oh so horrible racists. That's just how it goes.

Bumble_ posted...

And many people are going to be voting for your opponents, simply out of spite

Sounds like that's barely a step above being a petty racist.
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DarkTransient posted...

More like "Your party keeps calling me racist and blaming me for everything, why would I vote for them?"

What idiot thought "Vote for me to prove you arn't sexist/racist/homophobic/etc" was a good slogan?
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I take it liberals still don't understand how attacking people doesn't make them want to side with you.
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"I'll support a racist because you called me a racist"

Well that seems like a racist thing to do...

"I'll support the racist EVEN MORE NOW just to stick it to you!"

Okay don't be offended when people call you racist then.

"I'm not a racist I only support one A LOT!!!!"
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One side treats me like shit, the other decently. The first side, despite thinking themselves the smart and empathic people, can't figure out why people voted for the second.

Something is seriously wrong with modern education.
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lightwarrior78 posted...

One side treats me like shit, the other decently. The first side, despite thinking themselves the smart and empathic people, can't figure out why people voted for the second.

Something is seriously wrong with modern education.

"Instead of working to be more socially acceptable I'll just double down in my convictions and say they're wrong"
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ZMythos posted...

lightwarrior78 posted...

One side treats me like shit, the other decently. The first side, despite thinking themselves the smart and empathic people, can't figure out why people voted for the second.

Something is seriously wrong with modern education.

"Instead of working to be more socially acceptable I'll just double down in my convictions and say they're wrong"

Just one honest question: has the treat person like shit ever got you what you wanted?
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lightwarrior78 posted...

Just one honest question: has the treat person like shit ever got you what you wanted?

Yes. When someone says or does something that is not acceptable, I tell them it is and scold them for it.

And they either change their behavior like I hope, or the synapse doesn't fire and they decide to be even bigger assholes.
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YourDrunkFather posted...

I take it liberals still don't understand how attacking people doesn't make them want to side with you.

do you even logic tc?

its

"i'm not racist and neither is this guy"
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Yeah they probably don't think he's a racist.
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I've learned that the one being called racist probably isn't racist but rather it's the accuser making the claim who is.
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R: "I'm carrying dishes!"

D: "You're a little off balance."

R: "No I'm not! You're just saying stuff!"

D: "You are not holding them careful enough. You might drop them!"

R: "Well, fine!" *throws dishes onto the floor* "You made me do this!"
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Imagine being so politically uneducated you think one side is just "racist."
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ZMythos posted...

Burgess posted...

So are you confused at to why someone would vote for someone with a similar mindset.

No I'm confused as to why they would confirm the accusation if the most common response is to vehemently deny it.

It's possible to push some inviduals into being what you already think they are. Though it most likely doesn't apply in this scenarior. It would take a years of abuse to have the above affect.
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If youre not voting based on policy then what the fuck is wrong with you?
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I made a whole topic asking people why I should vote for the person they want when it isn't in my best interests and they do nothing but attack me anyways.

And instead of coming up with actual reasons (it was a trick tbf, there are none), most of them just listed their own interests and tried to get me to explain what my positions were so they could shit on them in an attempt to "convince" me to vote for their people.

The funniest thing was, it was exclusively left leaning users that responded to me. Nobody on the right did, so they assumed I'm voting Republican. Fact is, I'm voting almost exclusively third party this election.
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The right calling me all sorts of names and insults under Bush, such as terrorist sympathizer, made me vote left. So maybe there is something there
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50Blessings posted...

I made a whole topic asking people why I should vote for the person they want when it isn't in my best interests and they do nothing but attack me anyways.

And instead of coming up with actual reasons (it was a trick tbf, there are none), most of them just listed their own interests and tried to get me to explain what my positions were so they could shit on them in an attempt to "convince" me to vote for their people.

The funniest thing was, it was exclusively left leaning users that responded to me. Nobody on the right did, so they assumed I'm voting Republican. Fact is, I'm voting almost exclusively third party this election.

On the right, we don't have to convince people to vote.
We let our results do the talking for us.
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50Blessings posted...

'm voting almost exclusively third party this election.

That's just stupid though. Vote however you'd like, but to vote straight one side without considering the positions of specific candidates makes you as bad as the drones you attack.
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ZMythos posted...

"I'll support a racist because you called me a racist"

Well that seems like a racist thing to do...

"I'll support the racist EVEN MORE NOW just to stick it to you!"

Okay don't be offended when people call you racist then.

"I'm not a racist I only support one A LOT!!!!"

Call'em what you will, but in the meantime while we lot ran rational progressism into the ground with all the bigotry radiating from the dems, the racist side won elections and came to power and all we're left with is complaining on the Internet or in the media. We should have done things better, antagonize less and offer constructive unifying alternatives not divisive ones. Instead we came up with another Clinton and all sorts of irritating holier-than-thou virtue leagues :\
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I read something on Twitter like Wh*te people are more offended by being called a racist than they are offended by actual acts of racism.
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"I don't want to stop being racialist, just please don't call me a racist cause it will hurt my feelings".
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

The right calling me all sorts of names and insults under Bush, such as terrorist sympathizer, made me vote left. So maybe there is something there

Well, yeah, when you attack someone, they don't tend to come around to your way of thinking. They tend to double down on their own. That's just the way people operate mentally.
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Why would anyone support a person that is openly bigoted against them?
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YourDrunkFather posted...

I take it liberals still don't understand how attacking people doesn't make them want to side with you.

Maybe they should yell some more. Its worked great for this topic
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Amazing that the side that routinely calls their opponents a variety of pejoratives and insults, and have for literally 20+ years, are now suddenly all angry about others attacking them.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

Amazing that the side that routinely calls their opponents a variety of pejoratives and insults, and have for literally 20+ years, are now suddenly all angry about others attacking them.

The GOP right now is basically only running attacks ads against their opponents.
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Tmaster148 posted...

The Great Muta 22 posted...

Amazing that the side that routinely calls their opponents a variety of pejoratives and insults, and have for literally 20+ years, are now suddenly all angry about others attacking them.

The GOP right now is basically only running attacks ads against their opponents.

Yeah but dont you dare call out racist politicians. Thatll just turn voters into racists or something.
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The Great Muta 22 posted...

50Blessings posted...

'm voting almost exclusively third party this election.

That's just stupid though. Vote however you'd like, but to vote straight one side without considering the positions of specific candidates makes you as bad as the drones you attack.

I like how you immediately assume he didn't consider other positions. He didn't even say he was voting straight down either.
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