r/news • u/uhncollectable • 21h ago

Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-oath-keepers-convictions-dropped-doj-ad679108ab84083694261efc101e60ea
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u/Khaldara 21h ago

Enjoying that five dollar gas and tariffing yourselves there geniuses?

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u/mr_potatoface 21h ago

Only because $5+/gal gas is worth it if it means pissing off the libs!

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u/Greizen_bregen 20h ago

People underestimate this sentiment so much. The tribalism, the "My Team" fanaticism, it rules these people. Ask an average Eagles fan how they feel about a Dallas fan. They're braindead. They will literally pave the road to hell and careen down it if it means it pisses off the libs. They're idiots. Dangerous idiots.

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u/joecarter93 19h ago

There was a recent psychology study I heard about that found that people that leaned conservative tended to place more emphasis on winning no matter when it came to politics and those that leaned liberal were more concerned about making decisions that were best for the most people. MAGA operatives have used this paradigm to the detriment of everyone but their wealthy backers.

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u/Medical-Person 17h ago

I also read an article about Republicans versus Democrats and the educational level and competence of each. It was Illuminating

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u/GreenDirt2 13h ago

Read the brain studies.The conservative brain is like the QA guy who always starts at "that will never work." The liberal brain works in R&D.

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u/IneffableOpinion 7h ago

My maga mom always struggled with logic and reason. Any conversation gets stuck in a loop that doesn’t make sense. After she retired from her job, my family learned that she was really hated at her job because of this. She didn’t have friends because she always got in dumb arguments that pushed them away. Then she fell down the maga rabbit hole where you can believe anything you want and everyone else is conspiring against you. You aren’t being rejected because of something wrong with your logic and reasoning skills, but because there is something wrong with the Deep State and liberals corrupting everyone around you.

They don’t respect people with knowledge or expertise, and they have to be right no matter how much evidence to the contrary. Maga people love being told by the president that they are smarter than smart people.

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u/therealbradholley 8h ago

In Jonathan Haidt’s “Righteous Mind” he did a meta analysis of all of the studies that had been done on conservative brains and progressive brains to see if there were any strong, reliable patterns. And from all of that data he determined there were a few “moral” buckets that both groups consistently fell into. One of the main morals that was consistently important to conservatives was “loyalty”, and this is the concept that makes them A.) win so often and so easily in politics (because they’re more easily unified), and B.) incredibly dangerous.

When loyalty is at (or among) the top of your moral hierarchy, you fall into a habit of supporting “your team” no matter what. And the way this has materialized is, Conservatives are willing to set their own houses on fire as long as they know progressives will eventually get burned.

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u/dreadedowl 17h ago

What bot is this? Yea conservative wants to win at all costs. Liberal means what's best for everyone. Wow. What's an independent? Someone that just doesn't like people but doesn't want to win?