• Thetimefarm@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    No, they just have a complete lack of self awareness. They all think they’re the “good one” and other people doing the same thing are somehow different and bad. I think the clearest example is food stamps. Why will a group of people who disproportionately rely on food stamps vote to cut funding for them? It’s because they feel like they work hard and deserve help, but through a total lack of self awareness and/or empathy they think other people on food stamps are lazy. Usually this is just lightly veiled racism because usually the “other” is a racial minority and it’s a way to call black people lazy.

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      11 months ago

      @Thetimefarm

      I’ve spoken with some of these Republicans. What I’ve described is what they themselves have said of themselves and their colleagues.

      Some of these folks have a lot of self loathing. Needing food stamps isn’t shameful but for many of these folks it is and they hate themselves and their brethren as a result of it.