• RedClouds@lemmygrad.ml
    21·
    4 days ago

    Those CIA declassified articles always shock the hell out of Liberals.

    them: but Stalin was a dictator!

    me: Stalin wasn’t a dictator, the CIA said so.

    them: NO WAY

    me: <link>

    them: … but… but…

    me: Okay you sit on that new info for awhile. Took me awhile to come to terms with these things too

    Doesn’t always work though, they never have a good response, they just don’t always “get it”. Usually we’ll be talking later and they’ll go back to their old habits and I have to remind them that no… no no, that’s wrong…

    Cognitive Dissonance is painful for sure.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      17·
      4 days ago

      The best part is that even if you get them to accept that the west has done heinous things in the past, they will absolutely refuse to extrapolate that similar types of things are happening today.

      • supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml
        8·
        3 days ago

        If someone is always late to something how useful are they? Leftist politics (virtually nonexistent), especially in the west, has to bypass the fact that liberals will never have the correct opinion in time, almost as if they benefit from their ignorance (a lot of times feigned ignorance).

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
          9·
          3 days ago

          Completely agree, in general I think that the demographic communists should focus on are the people who are just falling out of liberal mainstream and who haven’t formed strong political opinions of their own.

          • supersolid_snake@lemmygrad.ml
            6·
            3 days ago

            Yep. The self proclaimed liberals are usually too far gone. The juxtaposition of people’s stances on Iran’s treatment of women and minorities vs jolanis treatment of women and minorities tells you all you need to know about people that declare their liberalism. The people to be convinced are the ones that were just liberals because of the poltiical currents.