Many of my gripes have been posted at least a few times in this thread, but I only saw
@Mukhrani post what I wanted to which is the sentence
"Imagine if the situation were reversed!" Every time that I see someone post that non-ironically it makes me want to live up to my username and glow brighter than Chernobyl. For all of the Jonathan Haidt talk about how the Right tends to understand the Left more than the Left understands the Right (which I don't even contest,) there sure are many on the Right who bleat
"Imagine if the situation were reversed!" as if it means anything when saying it to those who don't give a shit about playing by their own rules.
There's still this idea that
"If I just play by the rules that they've set for the game, they'll play by them too." No stupid, the rules which are imposed on you are: heads I win, tails you lose. How fucking dense must one be to not grasp this concept by now? Wow, you're saying that the media treats you differently and has contempt for you and that if X did Y they would treat it differently? I'm not saying to not be pissed about it (I'M pissed about it too,) but holy shit if I hear
"Imagine if..." one more time.
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The other big thing that was on my mind and which I didn't see mentioned (apologies if it was and I missed it,) is that so many on the Right (this isn't unique to one part of the political spectrum though) will just go along with anyone who gives them a crumb of validation, and they'll support art/media by people who kind of claim to be (whether genuinely or just for the grift) on their side.
An example of this is Tom MacDonald, a corny wigger rapper (a bit redundant there) whose whole thing is basically vomiting out 2015 milquetoast right-wing talking points as if he's some basic bitch time traveler. His music is the epitome of embarrassing, but many will support him because he's "Based and redpilled, triggering da libturds." A more recent example is the Nicki Minaj shit regarding the Covid stuff. Now in fairness, most of what I've seen is people just happy that she, a legitimate A-lister with lots of clout and youth appeal, is speaking up about how people shouldn't be pressured into taking the vaccine (I agree that this is good,) but I've seen a few too many that think she's "on their side" in some broad sense, as if tomorrow she'll be talking about lowering immigration and the need to advocate for the nuclear family unit.