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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 7 points 1 hour ago

he's like most of his [Conservative] clients, who "feel like they can't talk politics with people on their street."

There's a difference between "talking politics" and red-faced screaming at people that they're evil and don't deserve to exist, threatening people walking by with assault rifles, hunting down and murdering a jogger, spitting on people wearing masks, etc.

They also want to be somewhere they don't feel judged for their political beliefs [...] they really feel like they're alone, alienated, ostracized,"

See prior comment. They want to be racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, assholes, and they don't want to get any pushback for being racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist assholes.

[–] soratoyuki@piefed.zip 21 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Davis describes herself as a trans refugee. Back in Texas, she says, lived in a "pretty hostile and frankly dangerous" place. "I had a lot of close calls, a lot of threats."

Wilbur also describes himself as a "refugee." He relates an experience that is a virtual mirror image of Davis'. In Seattle, the local conservative talk show host — who also briefly served as Washington state Republican chair — felt like a stranger in a strange land.

Virtual mirror image, indeed.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And when they talk about how dangerous the cities are:

For instance, some conservative groups are trying to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2015 ruling that established same-sex marriage as a constitutional right. McCranie says some of his clients are wondering, "Where would we be safe as a couple and as a family?"

Yeah. Total mirror image indeed.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but think of how oppressive it must feel to be surrounded by people who don't arbitrarily hate entire groups of other humans...

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 7 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I took my very hetero straight family to church yesterday and we shared a table with a young gay couple for lunch. My gosh it was soo terrible having a nice conversation with them. I could even let my kids go off and play without them being molested by a priest like god intended. /s

The day before we went to the pride parade and there was a guy in the street spewing hate before it started. I went up and asked if he thinks he is saying anything we haven't heard before and all he really said was "free speech" in defense. I told him your speech is worthless if that's your defense and walked away. He didn't hang around after he saw me pointing him out to my kids. They have so much pride in their shame.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

So one person feels slightly uncomfortable and the other one literally lives in fear because of threats. Yeah, totally similar scenarios.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 33 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Love how the examples are two dinosaurs who felt "strange", and a trans person fleeing death threats.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Fucking NPR has been rendered less than toothless.

[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

I used to listen to them everyday, and I just fucking can't anymore. They don't stand for anything. They just bend the knee, bow their heads, and do what they're told

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The next headline will be "Why are some areas deep red and some are deep blue all while the majority of the U.S. votes moderately conservative? No one can figure it out!"

The neat part is both ends of the spectrum are helping billionaires, so really this is just heaven for them.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 1 points 2 hours ago

It’s less of a spectrum and more of a bucket with two marbles.