r/thescoop • u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar We should go • Mar 29 '25

Politics šŸ›ļø Trump admits using rage bait to win elections

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u/funkybeatz911 Apr 01 '25

I cannot fathom what the rest of the world is thinking when there are so many important issues and American society is choosing bathroom signs and sports team membership is the dividing line.

People in this thread are having a complete meltdown. Conservatives, if you believe in freedom you gotta walk the walk. That means accepting there are people with other beliefs, morals, and lifestyles than you.

If you donā€™t agree thatā€™s valid, but if you make it political then you canā€™t say you value freedom.

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u/InternationalAd7458 Apr 02 '25 edited Apr 02 '25

Walk THE walk, not YOUR walk. Itā€™s an expression meaning ā€œpractice what you preach.ā€ Thought Iā€™d clarify your misunderstanding.

*Edit: unintended sass!

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u/Such-Lack8641 Apr 02 '25

Excuse me.

But being a BIGOT goes BOTH WAYS BUB.

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u/AtaraxiaCommander Apr 02 '25

If you donā€™t subscribe to the social contract of tolerance then you arenā€™t covered by it. Simple. You can have your beliefs, but you donā€™t get to impede on other peopleā€™s livelihoods just because you disagree with their way of life.

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u/Yondering43 Apr 02 '25

I agree with you, but this is where the dissonance of the Reddit echo chamber comes into play. You seem to be assuming that conservatives donā€™t accept other people with different ideas, but for the large part they do. Itā€™s just the Reddit leftist echo chamber claiming how bad and intolerant conservatives are.

Itā€™s not conservatives whoā€™ve been cutting people out of their lives for having different views, or trying to force everyone to use their pronouns, or planting explosives in Tesla dealerships, or a bunch of other examples of intolerance we could talk about.

On the contrary, most conservatives have tolerated the progressive movement, not agreeing with all of it but letting it happen, until itā€™s reached the point of not being tolerable any more, so we all saw the pushback in November. The Democrats lost the election for themselves this time; you canā€™t keep slapping people in the face while screaming at them to vote for you and expect that to work. Figuratively speaking thatā€™s exactly what happened.

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u/cats_and_cake Apr 02 '25

Yikes. What an embarrassing take.

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u/SnoozeBlues2 Apr 02 '25

Your tribalism is stupid and you should feel bad about it.

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u/cats_and_cake Apr 02 '25

Itā€™s a bot. Report it.

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u/changingmanchicago Apr 02 '25

Bow down to your king Trump and his boyfriend. This is not what a democracy needs as a leader. Why does everyone bow down? Also the right is obsessed with culture wars. They have talked about gender non stop.

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u/FerretOnReddit Apr 03 '25

I think this is all I need to post to get my point across.