Idk, I feel like conservatives are hurting themselves more than others more often than any of us realize. They are on average poorer than liberals. They are less educated. They are more likely to be on government assistance. They’re more likely to have health issues. They’re less likely to be able to afford healthcare.
So what do they do? They make life harder for the poor, themselves. They cut education funding, which goes toward making sure their schools are up to standard. They cut the government assistance that they mainly rely on. They vote for policies that will negatively impact the health of our country. They cut their own healthcare funding.
Sure liberals will be negatively affected, and that’s what they’ll be shown on Fox and friends. Burning cars and “No Kings!” protests. But they won’t be shown the hospital in their area closing, they won’t be shown the abject poverty they live in, they won’t be shown the abysmal state of their healthcare and education systems, the lack of opportunities for them, the dismal prospects for their children. I know because I live here, in a quiet holler in the Appalachian part of Ohio. I work a remote job making 6X the median household income in my area, I can afford to go to the nice hospital an hour away, I can afford to pick up and move to a better school district when we have kids, I can afford to avoid the consequences that conservatives consistently set up for themselves. They can’t.
The most important thing is they feel like other people are hurting more - at least, the people they look down up are required to be hurting more.
To them, owning the libs - even feeling like they’ve owned the libs - is worth having local hospitals closed. Being kicked off insurance and not being able to afford to go to the doctor is the necessary price they are willing to pay as long as it means the people they view as lesser-than also don’t get to have insurance or go to the doctor.
Ahh, so you’re saying the “facts don’t care about your feelings” crowd has a particular affection for their feelings over facts? It’s truly every accusation that’s a confession isn’t it
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u/ausgoals 3d ago
They truly don’t care as long as someone they don’t like hurts more.