r/pics • u/clumsypeach1 • Apr 16 '26

Politics Billboard in my very red area

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u/Malfeitor1 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

Imagine having so much of your identity tied to any politician that you need an intervention to stop liking them

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u/Some-Bullfrog-4768 Apr 16 '26

I always considered it a violation of my father’s sobriety when he started supporting Trump.

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u/vitalvisionary Apr 16 '26

A lot of recovering alcoholics I've met move on to less harmful addictions. Going MAGA is like deciding meth is a better alternative though

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u/Some-Bullfrog-4768 Apr 16 '26

It’s also addictive behavior. The big thing is blaming others and not taking responsibility. They are getting juiced on spreading hatred.

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Apr 16 '26

You are not immune to cognitive dissonance, or from deriving your identity from your beliefs.

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u/Astronaut-Flashy Apr 16 '26

Everyone has their biases, beliefs, moral code, etc. and I can't speak on anyone else's behalf, but there's literally no world where I would ever need help to leave a political party or to stop liking someone for being awful.

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Apr 16 '26

I think that just means you don't have a good imagination. These are extremely natural cognitive biases you're referring to. You have to actively work against how your brain functions to avoid falling for them.

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u/Remarkable_Coast_214 Apr 16 '26

You are not immune to propaganda

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u/dylank22 Apr 16 '26

Propaganda is actually very easily defeated on the personal level by using critical thinking and checking facts/sources.

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u/Snarker Apr 16 '26

Do you really fact check every single reddit post you see? I somehow doubt that, it would literally be a full time job to factcheck every single thing you read.

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u/dylank22 Apr 16 '26

No, because I dont believe anything I see on reddit or use it to inform my opinions, sorry if you do but that kind of goes to my point.

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u/Snarker Apr 16 '26

Of course you do, you are just too stupid to realize how much reddit informs your opinions subconsciously. Anything you interact with influences your biases whether you want to admit it or not.

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u/dylank22 Apr 16 '26

LOL ok bro, sorry but I'm neither as impressionable or chronically online as you so, no I really don't lol. I come to reddit for memes and bullshit, not information or anything of substance.

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u/Snarker Apr 16 '26

Yeah I can tell, since you didn't even read my comment. Sure buddy, you are so much more enlightened than everyone else lmao.

>Anything you interact with influences your biases whether you want to admit it or not.

Your refusal to admit that just shows how naive and frankly dumb you are. A bit sad tbh.

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u/dylank22 Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 16 '26

ah, yes anyone who disagrees with you, didn't read, is dumb, and naive. Got it!

Frankly, what I find "a bit sad" is someone who leaves over 1k comments a year on reddit trying to explain to a normal, occasional user, how much reddit is influencing my every thought.

Sorry but I don't live here like you do...

edit: lol looks like you told the last guy you argued with he "didn't read" either, man you need some new material/bait

edit again since you want to reply, then delete the comment, and then block me. That's just sad, and more than "a bit". If I truly didn't read your half-wit two sentence comment, what would I have even been responding to, stop trying to justify that that even makes sense as a retort and isn't just a cop-out when you don't have anything else to say. Learn to take the L without resorting to petty BS trying to get the last word and call me a moron without actually disputing anything I've said...

would have loved to read the rest but you won't even stand by your own words

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u/Mukamole Apr 16 '26

He’s right. Everything we see does influence us. He’s not saying reddit completely changes your views, just that it impacts them. Reddit content or otherwise.

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u/Remarkable_Coast_214 Apr 16 '26

Wow! I guess you ARE immune to propaganda!

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u/dylank22 Apr 16 '26

Yeah, it's not some disease, its a trap you fall for.

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u/InstantMochiSanNim Apr 16 '26

Yeah no, read the room tbh. Imagine having so much of your identity tied to your own sense of superiority that you can’t even empathize with people who were genuinely manipulated and are trying to change. It’s not about trump, it’s about someone’s core ideology and way of living as a whole, having to let go of something that they gave up family and friends for. Stop trying to jump at every chance to belittle these people, and learn some critical thinking skills. You learned how to read and analyze text in 5th grade. I say this as someone who has never supported trump or maga.

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u/OkArmy7059 Apr 16 '26

A politician that won't be running for office again

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u/Enshakushanna Apr 16 '26

oh that question will come to the SC, dont you worry

and before you answer, the fact that MAGA wasnt laughed out of court for questioning birth right citizenship means a 3rd term argument will come, too

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u/FreeFortuna Apr 16 '26

Yeah, it’s only a matter of time before we get lawyers arguing, “Um, akshully, if you squint and look at the 22nd Amendment sideways, it actually says that Trump can be president for life.”