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Sometimes we have those little epiphanies in the shower.. sometimes they come from other places. This is a home for those epiphanies.

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y'all keep floating me to the political left. is this how MAGA folks feel? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 days ago by grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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My social media environment (mostly Lemmy for the last year, after I left Reddit) is very leftist. I'm finding myself floating more and more left because y'all have a point and there's not many counter-arguments in this social media environment. I sometimes wonder if that's how MAGA folks feel--floating more and more right because that's what they're surrounded by.

Of course, my floating is (naturally /s) based on reason and leftists making good memes/arguments.

Anyways, that's this morning's introspection.

Side showerthought: my convictions are based on memes. Anyone have nice, accessible resources for giving those convictions a more solid base? I'd love something like a graphic history of leftist thought (similar to Queer: A Graphic History). Something approachable but with citations. Thanks :)

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't think they have the same experience. I think in those spaces you see people giving each other a sense of camaraderie and belonging for aligning against out-groups, whereas we ditched Al Franken merely for being accused of misconduct.

Maybe it's a tired joke by now, but I have never been able to reckon with the political dynamic when you judge people by the company they keep - people of quality are not in a hurry to accept and tolerate just anyone who shows up, whereas people of the worst kind are very happy to make new friends of any stripe.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was about to say "I don't know. My cousin shoved me away just because I don't eat pork." then I realized that that aligns me with not-Christians. (pork violently does not agree with my digestive system)

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Pork products are a big deal to some people I guess. And I thought the whole early 2000s bacon meme thing was cringe. ..