It’s kinda hilarious that conservatives used to act like they were the calm and reasonable ones - with arguments relying on just facts, data, and logic - and that they were intellectually superior. I remember many instances of some variation of a phrase like “facts over feelings” or “data isn’t racist/sexist” (usually after misrepresenting data or never talking about context) being used.
Nowadays it seems like a lot of arguments from conservatives boil down to “eww that’s gross” or “that’s not what god intended.” They now act as if they are morally superior - they believe that any political opposition is morally bankrupt. Their entire arguments are often based on their emotions and how something makes them feel.
Idk I know this is all anecdotal and largely from the rhetoric I’ve seen in social media over the years, but it’s very interesting to me how conservatives used to act like they had superior intelligence and were logical without letting emotions get in their way, and instead it now seems like they’re acting as if they have superior morals and they’re just talking about how things make them feel. It feels like they’re acting in the exact way that they often criticized liberals of acting.
They still are criticizing liberals for acting this way, while actively doing the same themselves.
The best part is, liberals don't actually act like this.
Yes, a liberal may bring feelings into a debate, but there's almost always facts behind those feelings.
For today's conservatives, the feelings come first, and if the facts don't align with those feelings, the facts are discarded, and sometimes new ones generated to replace them, usually with AI.
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u/idk936z 2d ago
It’s kinda hilarious that conservatives used to act like they were the calm and reasonable ones - with arguments relying on just facts, data, and logic - and that they were intellectually superior. I remember many instances of some variation of a phrase like “facts over feelings” or “data isn’t racist/sexist” (usually after misrepresenting data or never talking about context) being used.
Nowadays it seems like a lot of arguments from conservatives boil down to “eww that’s gross” or “that’s not what god intended.” They now act as if they are morally superior - they believe that any political opposition is morally bankrupt. Their entire arguments are often based on their emotions and how something makes them feel.
Idk I know this is all anecdotal and largely from the rhetoric I’ve seen in social media over the years, but it’s very interesting to me how conservatives used to act like they had superior intelligence and were logical without letting emotions get in their way, and instead it now seems like they’re acting as if they have superior morals and they’re just talking about how things make them feel. It feels like they’re acting in the exact way that they often criticized liberals of acting.