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[–] NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 46 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

There are multiple layers of reinforcement - it's tied up in their religion, personal identity, friend groups.

They have doubts but like any cult, when your life is essentially founded on zealous dogma, even if you have a large amount of cognitive dissonance over what you and the cult are doing, you can't reject it because rejecting it means rejecting your family, your friends, and your own identity, and likely also making enemies of everyone who comprises your support group.

It's part of why, as satisfying as it is, I can't really be on board with just telling ex-MAGA "you did this to yourself" and to go eat a penis. All that does is isolate them and make them likelier to relapse into the cult, the only welcoming group available to them.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Might be good for some of them to try eating dick though while they're experimenting with like different stuff

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I mean.....I don't see the appeal of saying them trying gay things is a funny joke.

Because here's the thing. If a maga person tried sucking a dick, and realized he really liked it? Ok. That's fine. I wouldn't think less of them for being gay.

I think less of them for supporting and enabling fascist political groups that force their policies on all of us. The kind of politicians that "Don't ever consider the financial situation of their citizens".

I think less of people who support pedophiles. I couldn't care less what genitalia they enjoy in their mouth.

[–] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago

Its not a joke its like they just had to discard like their entire identity to be less evil time to experiment why not try some new shit sexually real recommendation

[–] its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 hours ago

He didn't say suck a dick though. He said eat a dick. I always took eat a dick to be a pejorative regardless of the orientation of the target.