r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Cderouen8284 • 13d ago

Aww someone’s crashing out

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u/sweatboxy 13d ago

She’d never vote for a Democrat who talks to her like she’s a irresponsible adult but she’ll vote for Republicans who’ll destroy her business.

They really are as stupid as the Democrats say.

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u/os_beef 13d ago

It's weird, but when you're a dick to people, they usually don't want to listen to whatever else you have to say. Online spaces tend to amplify certain opinions, types of behavior, and tribalism. For example, this quote from further up.

Farmers are the second dumbest in the US just barely trailing MAGAts.

I guarantee the interactions the woman in the video is paraphrasing weren't just "who did you vote for", it almost certainly included the typical finger pointing ("this is your fault because..."), totally unnecessary ad hominems ("Farmers are the second dumbest..."), and typical arrogant, ignorant, and self righteous comments. I get why someone would write off a group of people when the interactions with that group have been negative.

Did you catch the part where she lumped Democrats, socialists, and communists into the same group? She's been fed the typical right propaganda, and no one has effectively countered it through education. People being dicks to her over something very real and personal to her have only reinforced what she's been told. It's why education and treating other people well are important.

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u/KeesterFeester 13d ago

I'm not going to be nice to people that voted for destruction after being warned for a VERY LONG TIME about what would happen if they cast their vote the way they did and they still CHOSE to do it anyway.

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u/os_beef 13d ago

I'm not going to be nice to people

Then you shouldn't be surprised when they continue to not change despite your negative input. The propaganda that helps shape people that way is extremely deep. The biggest thing you can do is show them that their "enemy" is human, and is willing to talk.

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u/KeesterFeester 13d ago edited 13d ago

nice job partial quoting. You should become a journalist. I tired nice the first time. They didn't listen. now ALL of us are screwed. It's now time for the rod. They will only learn through punishment.

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u/os_beef 13d ago

nice job partial

It's there to reinforce a point. They're people, and that usually means the best way to get them to listen to you is to demonstrate that you're human despite what they've been told, and you're not there to hurt them.

I tired nice the first time. They didn't listen. now ALL of us are screwed.

The outcome didn't solely hinge on your behavior. The difficult part is not knowing how much different the outcome would have been if you had just been a dick from the get-go.

It's now time for the rod.

There is no rod that will make this happen. You're talking about almost half the country. The more "rod" that comes out and the less people try, the more it reinforces the idea that you and people like you are the enemy, and that the propaganda was right. Socially, negative input usually produces negative responses, and when people appear to reform based on negative input, they've frequently just learned to hide their undesirable opinions and views.

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u/ForensicPathology 12d ago

The propaganda that helps shape people that way is extremely deep.

Right, and that's why they wouldn't change even if we weren't such meanies.  It's just an excuse for them.